UK nuclear fusion outfit Pulsar Fusion has fired up a chemical rocket engine running on a combination of nitrous oxide oxidiser, high-density polyethylene fuel and oxygen. ... Unlike Rocket Lab's and SpaceX's powerplants, Pulsar's hybrid engine runs on high-density polyethylene fuel and oxygen. An oxidiser is required to make the magic happen.
So is there nitrous oxide or not? The Pulsar Fusion website is non-committal. In fact it looks like a bunch of dreamers who claim they are about to produce power from fusion, cover their failure there with an ion thruster and cover their failure there with a bog standard hybrid rocket (see: Bloundhound and that Reliant on Top Gear). If they really could do fusion, why would they be pratting around with chemical rockets?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
