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Rocket Factory Augsburg: Third on our list is Rocket Factory Augsburg, headquartered in the Bavarian city of the same name, with plans for a three-stage rocket dubbed RFA One that could eventually deliver up to 1.3 metric tons (2,866 pounds) of payload mass into a polar Sun-synchronous orbit.
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ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
The output will include up to approximately 5.5 metric tons of renewable hydrogen per day (equivalent to ~2,000 metric tons per year), which will be cleaned to 99.999% purity, suitable for fuel cell and mobility applications.
—David Blekhman, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Researchers at Princeton University have calculated that the bill will increase the U.S.’s emissions by almost two hundred million metric tons per year by 2030.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
In fact, Japan imports 770,000 metric tons of rice every year without any tariffs, around half of which comes from the U.S. Above that, Japan imposes a tariff of ¥341 (about $2.30) per kilogram.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 July 2025
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ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
The output will include up to approximately 5.5 metric tons of renewable hydrogen per day (equivalent to ~2,000 metric tons per year), which will be cleaned to 99.999% purity, suitable for fuel cell and mobility applications.
—David Blekhman, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Researchers at Princeton University have calculated that the bill will increase the U.S.’s emissions by almost two hundred million metric tons per year by 2030.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
In fact, Japan imports 770,000 metric tons of rice every year without any tariffs, around half of which comes from the U.S. Above that, Japan imposes a tariff of ¥341 (about $2.30) per kilogram.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 July 2025
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“Metric ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20ton. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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