@msimoni: Fascinating aesthetics
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LEAP 71 highlights progress in AI-generated rocket engines, from a 5 kN kerolox thruster two years ago to a 20 kN methalox thruster, with hot-fires occurring roughly every six weeks.
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Fascinating aesthetics
LEAP 71 (@leap_71): How it started, how it’s going. Two years ago, we hot-fired the first rocket engine generated without human intervention: a 5 kN kerolox thruster. Since then, we hot-fired a different Noyron generated engine roughly every 6 weeks, including the 20 kN methalox thruster (right).
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