Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 31, 2021
He became a big fan of methane, but was not pushing it initially. That came from me reading about Soviet methane engine tests that got over 380 Isp. At that Isp, a subcooled methane stage gets slightly better delta-V than a hydrogen stage.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Tom has some great stories about experimenting with premixed O2/CH4 before SpaceX. That is not recommended haha.
07:57 PM · January 31, 2021 · 0 views
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