It is a two-stage rocket powered by liquid oxygen and kerosene.
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Interestingly for the few of you out there who listen to compressed music, Pioneer has included some voodoo technology called Bit Map Expander that supposedly is capable of "filling in" areas of music that are missing after compression -- not that you'll notice it over the din of your rocket powered car.
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This included a rocket-powered crane that lowered Curiosity to the surface on nylon cords.
The last stage in the sequence will see a hovering, rocket-powered crane lower the rover to the ground on nylon cords.
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Useless was definitely there, including a piece of matzo laser-etched with actor Leonard Nimoy's image, a rocket-powered motorcycle built by a Brooklyn, N.
One of its two wind probes was knocked out, most probably by a piece of grit kicked up by the rocket-powered descent stage that placed Curiosity on the surface.
The effort, which is being put together by Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of the X Prize Foundation, and Granger Whitelaw, a venture capitalist and partner in two winning Indianapolis 500 racing teams, is developing rocket-powered aircraft with Mojave, Calif.
To transport the one-ton rover and position it near the mound, engineers devised a complicated system that includes a 52-foot (16-metre) diameter supersonic parachute, a rocket-powered aerial platform and a so-called "sky crane" designed to lower the rover on a tether to the ground.
The Rocket Racing League plans to pair off high-powered rocket planes in a high-speed, 3-D chase through the skies--think NASCAR meets Star Wars.
In 1974, Evel Knievel tried to jump over the Snake River canyon in a steam-powered rocket.
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The concept calls for a two-stage rocket that would be powered by engines burning liquid oxygen and kerosene.
It reached Mach 4.8 in less than half a minute powered by a solid rocket booster.
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Then, at the last moment, rocket nozzles on the rotor tips will be powered up, providing enough lift to ensure a gentle, controlled landing.
It will be powered by a combination of a hybrid rocket and a jet engine from a Eurofighter-Typhoon.
The Atlas 5 rocket that launched today stands 191.2 feet (58.3 meters) tall and includes one main booster powered by the RD AMROSS RD-180 engine.
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