Methane rocket fuel is easier to handle and convenient but, as Blue Origin saw, it can be very explosive

Going straight up is hard. It takes a lot of energy. For those of us who enjoy hiking, cycling or running, hills are the bane ...
SlashGear

How Do Rocket Engines Work?

Humans have achieved groundbreaking feats in space exploration, reaching distant stretches of space with missions like Voyager 1. However, none of this would have been possible without rockets.
New Atlas

New fuel withstands nuclear thermal propulsion reactor conditions

The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning chemical fuel with ...
Ars Technica

Chinese company wins race for first methane-fueled rocket to orbit

A commercial Chinese firm named LandSpace launched its Zhuque-2 rocket late Tuesday and made history as the first company to send a methane-fueled launcher into orbit, beating a bevy of US vehicles to ...
ExtremeTech

3D-Printed Solid Rocket Fuel Could Open the Door for New Rocket Designs

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Phys.org

Calculating the energy requirements for using moon dust to create rocket fuel

An international team of engineers and space scientists has used a variety of assumptions, techniques, and math principles to calculate the energy requirements for using moon dust to create rocket ...