{"id":132149,"date":"2021-12-11T03:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/nuclear-fusion-startup-test-fires-plastic-waste-powered-rocket"},"modified":"2021-12-11T03:16:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T11:16:00","slug":"nuclear-fusion-startup-test-fires-plastic-waste-powered-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/nuclear-fusion-startup-test-fires-plastic-waste-powered-rocket","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear fusion startup test fires plastic waste-powered rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a0LM2siSePU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A UK company with lofty aspirations around sustainable space travel has test-fired a rocket engine powered in part by plastic waste. Pulsar Fusion\u2019s hybrid rocket engine is part of an ambitious journey that also involves the development of nuclear fusion technology for high-speed propulsion, which could cut travel times to Mars in half.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of incorporating recycled plastic waste into hybrid rocket fuels is something we have seen explored before. Virgin Galactic <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/spaceshiptwo-hybrid-rocket-fuel-thermoset-plastic\/32266\/?itm_source=newatlas&itm_medium=article-body\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">flirted<\/a> with the idea back in 2014 through the use of a rocket powered by a fuel based on a class of thermoset plastics, though this was swiftly abandoned after a failed test flight. Scottish company Skyrora is another outfit working on such a technology, having successfully tested out its <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skyrora.com\/ecosene\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Ecosene<\/a> fuel made from converted plastic waste.<\/p>\n<p>More Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK company with lofty aspirations around sustainable space travel has test-fired a rocket engine powered in part by plastic waste. Pulsar Fusion\u2019s hybrid rocket engine is part of an ambitious journey that also involves the development of nuclear fusion technology for high-speed propulsion, which could cut travel times to Mars in half. The idea [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[873,1514,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nuclear-energy","category-space-travel","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}