{"id":16828,"date":"2018-10-08T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16828"},"modified":"2018-10-04T01:35:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T05:35:37","slug":"video-why-next-generation-rockets-are-using-methane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16828","title":{"rendered":"Video: &#8220;Why Next Generation Rockets are Using Methane&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/b612foundation.org\/members\/scott-manley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Manley<\/a> explains why companies like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BlueOrigin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Origin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> are developing big methane rocket engines:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4pzgFHrLXmc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video of Blue&#8217;s big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/engines#be-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BE-4<\/a> liquid natural gas engine:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nyn2gOimRfM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And here is the SpaceX <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raptor_(rocket_engine_family)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raptor<\/a> methane fueled engine in action:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_OM3WPijqs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A1EZJ6U\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00A1EZJ6U&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=22a1733a6e2ab1ca5b9f083c661ba790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8: The First Manned Mission to Another World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00A1EZJ6U\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00A1EZJ6U&amp;asins=B00A1EZJ6U&amp;linkId=e33864ecf80dc71cbf6b74434a0ae471&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Manley explains why companies like Blue Origin and SpaceX are developing big methane rocket engines: Here is a video of Blue&#8217;s big BE-4 liquid natural gas engine: And here is the SpaceX Raptor methane fueled engine in action: ==== Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8: The First Manned Mission to Another World &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4nq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17750,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17750","url_meta":{"origin":16828,"position":0},"title":"Space access roundup &#8211; 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