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[[Image:TR408_rocket.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The '''TR408''' engine undergoing testing at [[Northrop Grumman]].]]
<!--[[Image:XCOR-5M15-testfire.jpg|right|300px|thumb|An [[XCOR]] LOX-Methane engine undergoing a test firing.]]-->


:"''The new TR408 engine is a hybrid, which can run on almost any state of oxygen and methane. It could be all gas, for example, stored at room temperature. Or it could be all liquid, similar to the liquid oxygen/hydrogen that powers the space shuttle.''" - [http://www.universetoday.com/2007/11/15/radical-new-steering-thruster-tested/ Universe Today article.]
:"''The new TR408 engine is a hybrid, which can run on almost any state of oxygen and methane. It could be all gas, for example, stored at room temperature. Or it could be all liquid, similar to the liquid oxygen/hydrogen that powers the space shuttle.''" - [http://www.universetoday.com/2007/11/15/radical-new-steering-thruster-tested/ Universe Today article.]
==See Also==
*[[Northrop Grumman]]
*[[Methane]]
*[[BFR]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=131378 Northrop Grumman press release]
*[http://www.universetoday.com/2007/11/15/radical-new-steering-thruster-tested/ Universe Today article on the TR408.]
*[http://www.universetoday.com/2007/11/15/radical-new-steering-thruster-tested/ Universe Today article on the TR408.]


[[category:Emerging Technology]]
[[Category:Exploration Transport Systems]]

Latest revision as of 19:58, 17 December 2018


"The new TR408 engine is a hybrid, which can run on almost any state of oxygen and methane. It could be all gas, for example, stored at room temperature. Or it could be all liquid, similar to the liquid oxygen/hydrogen that powers the space shuttle." - Universe Today article.

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