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    Korean Air, Hyundai Rotem to build reusable methane rocket engine
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    Korean Air, Hyundai Rotem to build reusable methane rocket engine

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    1. peterabbit456 on

      Just as the commercial aircraft industry’s engines evolved until the turbofan jet engine completely dominated, Methane/LOX FFSC engines will come to dominate spaceflight in the next 10 years or so.

    2. DreamChaserSt on

      It’s cool how almost every new launch vehicle uses methane over kerosene and hydrogen for propellants (one of the holdouts is Firefly – which was co-founded by a former SpaceX employee who wanted to go all-in evolving Merlin/Falcon).

      It’s a good shift in the industry towards embracing reuse, since it burns better than RP-1, but is a lot more dense than hydrogen for boosters. And it’s not that bad as a propellant overall, since it has a better Isp than RP-1, and is closer in temperature to liquid oxygen, so propellant storage isn’t as much of a hassle, considering you need to take steps to avoid freezing your propellant or oxidizer in RP-1 and hydrogen based vehicles respectively.