Comments on: Electron rockets and Rutherford engines https://www.isegoria.net/2017/07/electron-rockets-and-rutherford-engines/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 18 May 2026 14:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: DNA https://www.isegoria.net/2017/07/electron-rockets-and-rutherford-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-2569044 DNA Mon, 31 Jul 2017 01:53:22 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=42153#comment-2569044 Wow. No government, no globalism, no big brother, no collective. Imagine.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2017/07/electron-rockets-and-rutherford-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-2568935 Bob Sykes Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:11:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=42153#comment-2568935 It uses kerosene and liquid oxygen for propellant. The LOX is held at low pressure, and pumps are require to raise the kerosene and LOX to pressures high enough to inject them into the combustion chamber. These pumps are driven by Li Ion batteries. The weight of the batteries is not discussed.

Every interesting engineering detail is obscured.

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