>While operating at full throttle, the RDRE produced over 4,000 pounds of thrust for nearly a minute at an average chamber pressure of 622 pounds per square inch, the highest pressure rating for this design on record.
"For this design" doing a lot of work there. Raptor runs at 510,000 lbf and 4,400 psi chamber pressure.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 27.7 ms ] thread"For this design" doing a lot of work there. Raptor runs at 510,000 lbf and 4,400 psi chamber pressure.
"This design produces more power while using less fuel than today’s propulsion systems" Okay, what's the exhaust velocity or Isp? Doesn't say!