SpaceX Raptor 3 Engine is Test Fired and Has 17% More Thrust
May 13, 2023 · SpaceX Raptor 3 is an improved and more powerful rocket enigine. It has reached 350 bar of pressure and 269 tons of thrust. Raptor 2 engines were achieving 230 tf (510,000 lbf) of thrust consistently by February 2022, although SpaceX expects to be able to tune engine parameters and design over time to achieve at least 250 tf (550,000 lbf).
Breakthrough Computational Warp Drive Design Without Needing …
Jun 29, 2024 · I was following you sort of vaguely until I reached figure 5, and noticed the x10^39 on the vertical scale. “However, the design does require energy densities and control of matter and energy at levels far beyond our current capabilities.” indeed.
SpaceX Reveals Raptor 3 Engine and Specifications
Aug 3, 2024 · If Raptor 3 is improved to over 300 tons of thrust at sea level then each engine would have 2.95 million newtons of thrust. 35 Raptor 3.X engines would provid e103.25 million newtons of thrust for a 35 engine super heavy booster.
How Will SpaceX Bring the Cost to Space Down to $10 per …
Jan 19, 2024 · SpaceX plans to make the Starship 20% longer and improve the engines. The payload capacity could increase to 200-250 tons in reusable mode. An expended Future Starship would have a payload of about 300 tons.
Tesla 4680 Battery Chemistry Upgrade for 20% Energy …
Jan 12, 2024 · Joe Tegtmeyer described the Telsla 4680 battery chemistry upgrade. At the end of 2023, the 4680 battery chemical composition ratios in Cathode material was NMC 811 (80% Nickel, 10% Lithium, 10% Cobalt).
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Solving Protein Folding in Minutes …
Oct 10, 2024 · Building Proteins. David Baker research group wanted to create proteins from scratch. The research group drew a protein with an entirely new structure, and then had Rosetta compute which type of amino acid sequence could result in the desired protein.
Breakthrough Thermoacoustic Stirling Generator Converts to …
Nov 12, 2023 · Nasa’s LEW-TOPS-80 patent proposed a thermoacoustic engine paired with an alternator to generate electricity in space. NASA has not shown a prototype. NASA Glenn’s thermoacoustic power converter reshapes the conventional Stirling engine from a toroidal shape into a straight colinear arrangement.
Copenhagen Atomics Progress to Mass Manufacturing Thorium …
Sep 8, 2023 · Copenhagen Atomics has raised over 25 million euros and has developed full scale reactor hardware for molten salt thorium nuclear reactors. Almost a decade ago Copenhagen Atomics was founded based on a dream dream of a world powered by scaleable and green energy more affordable than coal; a thorium molten salt breeder reactor.
SpaceX Starship Travel Times to Mars | NextBigFuture.com
Jan 15, 2024 · In terms of drastically reducing the time in days to get from Earth to Mars then it helps a lot to be able to go faster. The SpaceX Starship can enable a lot of extra fuel and more powerful chemical engines.
NextBigFuture.com – Coverage of Disruptive Science and …
3 days ago · Coverage of Disruptive Science and Technology. Panel discussion: Yuval Boger, QuEra Computing (Chief Commercial Officer) Michael Newman, google Quantum AI (Research Scientist) Jeremy Stevens, Alice and Bob (Tech Dev Lead) Pshemek Bienias AWS research Scientist Jin-Sung Kim, Nvidia.