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Rocket Lab Unveils Electric Powered Engine, Wants First Flight By End Of 2015

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Rocket Lab Unveils Electric Powered Engine, Wants First Flight By End Of 2015

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--New Zealand entrepreneur Peter Beck on Tuesday unveiled his electric, liquid oxygen/kerosene, 3D printed engine called Rutherford with a goal of using it in his Electron battery-powered rocket by the end of this year.Beck told Defense Daily on Monday the brilliance of the Rutherford engine is replacing the thermodynamics of a traditional, gas generated engine with computer software. Unlike traditional propulsion cycles, the 4,600 pounds of thrust (lbf) adopts a entirely new production cycle, making use of high-performance…

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