NASA’s 3D-printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Test

Who the hell is Humphrey, and why do engineers try to steal his cycle?

HOLY MOLY!!

Little fella is hungry!

With engines like these NASA could revisit the Venture Star design perhaps?

Thats a lot of damage

Erry noice.

While SpaceX is busy finding new corners to cut, NASA and ESA are busy developing new technologies. Pity the SpaceX simps can’t see that.

Waste those tax dollars!

what does it do

What's the ISP?

nasa loves their foil lol

never before have i seen a hyperfixation return like this. welcome back, my younger self

There was a lot of shielding flying off the tubing, the way the shielding is applied is not aerodynamic at all and looks like it was just slapped on there without any real care. Made the test of the engine look amateur.

Imagine being strapped to that sucker. A test pilots dream!

What street corner is this on? What's with the traffic light in the background?

and now we know where china stole "their breakthrough"

think of the difference between a camp fire and an exploding propane tank. that's the potential efficiency gain this has over regular rocket engines - the reaction is much much more powerful for the same amount of fuel. we just have to learn to control that detonation so it doesn't blow apart the engine - bit tricky that.

The most fascinating thing about these kinds of tests is that when it seems that they're about to break the engineers just push it more and the engine delivers. Fascinating.

Teacher: Ah come on kids, this maths test is no rocketsience.
The Test : 🎉

noice

Now do a reignition test with that thing. How many times can you reignite it and how much cool down does it need before re ignition?

Wow ❤

Wow, something I've read about good 10 years ago, now being real and tested, good to see progress!

So how was the measured performance and where were the Slow Mo Guys?

Omg

Мало по малу мы свалим а вы тут останетесь.

It would be great if it could be used on a jet plane.

A problem faced by rocket engine in 1960 turned into a new engine in 2023....this shows what new technological developments can achieve

Пищевая фольга полетела , кто то накосячил 😊

Bet the old timer NASA engineers are loving this. Took long enough? 50 years?

Мы с пацанами такие паяльные лампы ещё в 80-х во дворе жгли 😂😂😂. Мы не знали, что это перспективный детонационный двигатель! 😅😅😅

I just love how this rde looks like it wants to tear apart everything on the intake side to break free

I'm just wondering, does this test affect earth rotation?

NGAD thanks you for your contribution.

What type of fuel and how much is used per second?
Is the thrust variable?
If anyone knows where I could find that info I’d appreciate it.
Merry Christmas all!!

I’m in love 😲

New favorite machine noise, here.

Looks exactly like a naboo starfighter engine.

That sound is awesome😂

Wow!

Send the blueprints to SpaceX for a 500 percent improvement

great maybe they can soon finally land on the moon 😂

Congrats! This is a true engineering feat!

The tinfoil flapping around and getting burned by the rocket is hilarious.

6000lbs!? What’s the scale of it, it only looks around a foot in diameter.

How about a video of a complete launch instead of a cutout as the "rocket" arcs back down

There’s a made in China sticker on it 😂

the pitch seems to be around the highest G-note on our piano ...so maybe around 3100Hz

Zefram Cochrane approved 🛸🛸