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Old October 9th, 2020 #1
Nikola Bijeliti
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Default 'Self-eating rocket' tech snags funding from UK government

'Self-eating rocket' tech snags funding from UK government

Taking an approach diametrically opposed to the approach used by SpaceX in developing fully reusable rockets, the UK is funding research at the University of Glasgow in Scotland on rockets that burn themselves up completely, leaving nothing to reenter the atmosphere.

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The autophage engine is a good fit for small rockets, its developers say.

The U.K. government aims to spur the development of rockets that gobble themselves up on the way to orbit.

The Ministry of Defence's Defence & Security Accelerator (DASA) has pledged £90,000 — about $117,000 USD at current exchange rates — for the continued development of the "autophage" rocket engine, which is being built by researchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
That brings back memories of a restaurant I used to love to eat at that served soup in a bread bowl so that you could eat the bowl.

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Old October 10th, 2020 #2
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Interesting concept--it would cut down on the amount of space debris in low Earth orbit.
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