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Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 °F), giving it almost twice the efficiency in terms of thrust and specific impulse as a chemical rocket.
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David Szondy
september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
No one was hurt in the incident, which occurred as the Starship spacecraft was standing alone on the test stand being filled with cryogenic propellants for an engine test-firing before being mounted on top of the rocket booster.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
SpaceX is aiming for a structural ratio—the dry mass divided by the sum of the dry mass and the propellant—of 0.05 for both stages.
—Adam Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
For instance, a seal on the vehicle’s Raptor engines began to fail after SpaceX started adding more propellant on later flights, according to a person briefed on the matter who was not authorized to discuss the program’s inner workings publicly.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
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David Szondy
september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
No one was hurt in the incident, which occurred as the Starship spacecraft was standing alone on the test stand being filled with cryogenic propellants for an engine test-firing before being mounted on top of the rocket booster.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
SpaceX is aiming for a structural ratio—the dry mass divided by the sum of the dry mass and the propellant—of 0.05 for both stages.
—Adam Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
For instance, a seal on the vehicle’s Raptor engines began to fail after SpaceX started adding more propellant on later flights, according to a person briefed on the matter who was not authorized to discuss the program’s inner workings publicly.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for propellant
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This means a car owner should account not only for upfront purchase price, but for the full suite of financial costs, like repairs, maintenance and fuel.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Alejandra's arms are full of fuel canisters.—
Teri Schultz,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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Williams proceeded to pack a pre-carved hole in the log with kindling before placing the stick into it.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Beneath me, one by one, logs are added to a nest of kindling in the hearth.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His big, bright smile, infectious energy and eternal positivity created a presence that continually uplifted others.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
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But sure enough, the artist born Frederick John Philip Gibson enlisted Amy Taylor and company for his drum n’ bass-inflected latest single, harnessing the group’s energy and then exploding it with Gesaffelstein-like sirens and typically all-over-the-place vocal triggers.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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This is a sister organization to the Heritage Foundation, the think tank behind Project 2025—a sweeping conservative policy blueprint aimed at reshaping the federal government by expanding presidential power, dismantling parts of the civil service, and rolling back regulations across agencies.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Additional revelations hint of Kiri's evolving powers, the menacing Quaritch bonding with Varang to help defeat the Na'vi, a spectacular air/sea clash between the Ash People, the RDA, and the Na’vi, and Spider threatening to kill someone offscreen.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Propellant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propellant. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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