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Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by Gibbon1 on Sunday November 11, 2018 @05:27PM (#18429063)
This is the paper I'm drawing most of my blather from. Apparently helpfully linked from the great wiki.

https://www.aacademica.org/hernan.emilio.tacca/9.pdf

I did some more looking, the linked study says that turbopumps scale better then electric as the burn time increases. Because burning fuel and oxidizer is more weight efficient than batteries. At short burn times that's offset by the increased weight of the turbopump.

Along with my earlier comment, the Proton first stage only burns for 130 seconds. Which puts first stages in the short burn category where eletrics do well. *but never as good as turbo pumps. Which supports the idea that electric systems can compete for large first stages by being simple, cheap, and reliable.

More whack is relanding first stage electric fed rockets. Ala SpaceX.

Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by syntaxing on Sunday November 11, 2018 @08:58PM (#18430046)
Super awesome! Thanks! I really wish I learned more about rockets during my graduate studies. Haven't really learned much about them besides supersonic nozzles and the math behind the staged combustion cycle during my ICE class.

Any good websites or books you recommend to learn more about them?