NASA does it again and tests an awesome engine called the XRS-2200. Here is more about it:
This engine was designed to be modular and was going to power the long since cancelled X-33 Venture Star. I knew I had seen a video of this before but I couldn’t find it anywhere. Found it finally through a dead hotlink to a Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) news release still on their server but it doesn’t turn up under any Google or NASA site searches for Aerospike. This video is property of NASA so if they request it to be removed I will do so. It was filmed in late 2000 or early 2001 and I believe this is 80% of max thrust.
Let’s watch them fire this thing up in the video on page 2
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Yes – I am sure it was gasoline….
Gasoline? You think? Some of the fastest jet engines were actually a diesel fuel mixture.
A LOT OF THRUST!! I read some about this years ago but never saw it in action before.
I do know that the SR-71 Blackbird was brought out of mothballs and did fly a few missions over Iraq when our intelligence satellite went down during the Iraqi war.
Those trust engines wont hwt us anywhere. Something new ia needed
Sounds like a dmx song where my dog at lol jk not a holding situation
Yeah, I know we have better. This is old and just now being released to the public. So loud. Aliens are probably laughing at this right now. Anti gravity propulsion system or nothing!
This was the actual engine that was developed for the space shuttle. Wasn’t ready then. Probably not ready now. The X-30 was supposed to use it too. But now we’re at the X-48. Lol