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Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by anticensor on Friday August 07, 2020 @07:51AM (#24080894)
You mean, by unburning the fuel?
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Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by fastball on Friday August 07, 2020 @07:55AM (#24080921)
Yep, effectively! That is what is great about these fuels (H2 and CH4) vs something like RP-1. First you get hydrogen by electrolyzing water. Then you can go H2 + CO2 → CH4 via the Sabatier process[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction

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