Specators watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch in Florida. Photo: JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES
Companies are trying all kinds of things to find their way in the increasingly competitive space industry.
A German startup is adding candle wax to that list. HyImpulse Technologies last week launched a sounding rocket powered by a combination of liquid
oxygen and solid paraffin – a petroleum byproduct that’s a key
ingredient in candles.
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