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SpaceX’s Starship rocket sails through first “flight-like” fueling test

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At liftoff, Starship’s 33 Raptor engines will produce up to 7590 tons (16.7M Since SpaceX began assembling Starhopper in an empty Texas field in 2018, the Starship program has been almost exclusively managed to prioritize speed and expect failures. Starship is FULLY fueled for the first time! lbs) fully loaded.

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Ohio State University Takes Top Spot at 2009 EcoCAR Competition with EREV Design

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The competition challenges university engineering students across North America to re-engineer a 2009 Saturn VUE to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions while retaining the vehicle’s performance and consumer appeal. liter engine and fueled by E85 ethanol. The Ohio State’s design was powered by a 1.8-liter

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NASA’s Space Launch System Will Lift Off

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Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida—a cavernous structure built in the 1960s for constructing the Apollo program’s Saturn V rockets and, later, for preparing the space shuttle—the agency’s next big rocket is taking shape. RS-25 engines developed for the shuttle mounted on its base. Inside the.

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Swiss company outlines methanol-to-gasoline option for Alaska North Slope gas to state legislature

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In January, ICIS reported that Eastman Chemical reached an agreement to sell a mothballed Texas methanol and ammonia plant to Pandora Methanol, a subsidiary of Janus Methanol. van Wijk sold Saturn to Methanex in 2000 due to funding issues. The products also require refining processes to convert the F-T liquids to conventional fuels.

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