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Curvy lines, parts in the right places, plumbing perfect 10
Published on:
August 14th 2018
Asterex got company.
The guy who said plumbers exist because even electricians need to be heroes never hooked up a rocket engine to bi-propellants.
In practical Space travel, Nobel Prize winners are great but plumbers are better.
The first iteration of Asterex propellant feeding system is here, complete with sexy valves and braided lines of stainless steel. A perfect 10, if we may.
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Asterex pictured without outer shell, showing ribs dividing the inner shell for even flow. Running here before entering the combustion chamber, the fuel cools the engine body.
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Engine without outer and inner walls, showing moveable pintle hooked up to oxidizer line. Fuel line left in image.
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Engine detail of moveable pintle.
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Asterex engine and propellant feed system.
