Start-up making hypersonic MISSILES for the US government
A silver rocket shot into a bright blue New Mexico sky Wednesday morning, accelerating on a streak of blue-and-orange flame.
The launch by Houston-based Venus Aerospace marked the first U.S.-based flight of a powerful new variety of rocket called a rotating detonation engine. The design has been theorized for decades as a way to significantly increase the fuel economy of rockets, but was only recently made practical by advances in materials, manufacturing and design software.
Caption from a story by Gerrit De Vynck
A silver rocket shot into a bright blue New Mexico sky Wednesday morning, accelerating on a streak of blue-and-orange flame.
The launch by Houston-based Venus Aerospace marked the first U.S.-based flight of a powerful new variety of rocket called a rotating detonation engine. The design has been theorized for decades as a way to significantly increase the fuel economy of rockets, but was only recently made practical by advances in materials, manufacturing and design software.
Caption from a story by Gerrit De Vynck