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Patent for a viscous liquid monopropellant; https://www.google.com/patents/US20120234196

 

Why this is interesting is because it was issued (years ago) to the founder of RocketLab, who just tested a new kick stage; http://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-launch-also-tested-new-kick-stage/

 

(credit to SA spaceflight thread for find)

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10 minutes ago, Belesarius said:

As Meatloaf would say, Don't be sad, cause two outta three ain't bad.

 

More importantly, the two boosters that landed successfully were reflys. Which opens up a bunch of potential marketing/monetization options for SpaceX. Since the re-flown boosters seem to be as reliable if not more reliable, maybe SpaceX could charge a premium for the reflown boosters, or just advertise based on the fact that they can.

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