fuel tank
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New Lightweight Rocket Fuel Tank Ditches Metal for Carbon Fibre and Plastic
With the support of the European Space Agency, German aerospace company MT Aerospace has developed a unique design for a small-scale rocket fuel tank made of a carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. The tank can hold liquid hydrogen and oxygen without leaking and without the use of a metal liner.
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This Is The Huge Fuel Tank NASA Will Use To Reach The Depths Of Space
Image Cache: Don’t even ask how much this fuel tank will cost to fill. The giant cylinder is just one of the two tanks that will hold the fuel used to power NASA’s new Space Launch System when it blasts off to take missions to Mars and deep space.