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Jan 28, 2024

Watch this self-eating rocket prototype engine consume itself then explode (video)

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Would come in handy! More room for payloads too!


British researchers have tested a prototype self-eating rocket that could pave the way for cheaper launches of small satellites and would leave no debris behind.

The concept rocket engine, called Ouroborous-3 after the ancient mythical creature that eats its own tail, was developed by a team of researchers at the University of Glasgow in the U.K.

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