China Scientists Build Rocket Engine Driven by Explosions

A research team in Beijing says it has built a new type of rocket engine powered by explosions, the South China Morning Post reported.

The continuous rotating detonation combustion engine, developed by Professor Wang Bing and colleagues from the school of aerospace engineering in Tsinghua University in Beijing, is driven by explosive shock waves spinning like a tornado faster than the speed of sound.

Read the full report: The South China Morning Post.

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