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Successful First Launch of Aerospike Engine

Posted by michael on from the whoosh-bang dept.

ScottKin writes "CSULB announced that on September 21st they achieved a milestone in aerospace engineering when they successfully launched their 'Prospector 2' rocket powered by an 'Aerospike' engine. What makes this remarkable is that even NASA had trouble with testing their incarnation of an Aerospike engine - but the Linear Aerospike Engine is quite a different beast. More info on this definitely-newsworthy even can be found at the California Space Authority website."

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  1. Research is good... by borius · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but shouldn't money be spent on the space elevator?

    Am I wrong? Is there a need for both the space elevator and cheap and efficient rockets?