Russia Develops Revolutionary Ammonia Rocket Engine

On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:40:22 AM UTC-7, bob haller wrote:
On May 9, 1:12*pm, wrote:
"Power engineering manufacturer Energomash has
started development of a new rocket engine which
could vastly reduce the cost of rocket launches and
avoid the need to produce hydrogen for fuel, the
makers say.

The new rocket, which will be around 30 percent
more efficient than exising designs, works on a
completely novel fuel mixture of acetylene and
ammonia (atsetam)."

See:

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/...olutionary_Amm....

only a tiny cost of a rocket launch is fuel..

so will this produce more power per pound of fuel?

Said to be more easily stored and handled when compared
to liquid H2. But I am only looking at press reports so
.........the truth maybe in the wind.............Trig