March 1, 2026 at 4:20 AM
lotta negative nancies in the comments, all i'm seeing is that this "methalox" stuff has a hell of an lot more delta-v than we thought
May 29, 2026 at 4:19 AM
lotta negative nancies in the comments, all i'm seeing is that this "methalox" stuff has a hell of an lot more delta-v than we thought
*Slaps nosecone*
You can fit so much methalox in th
You can fit so much methalox in th
May 29, 2026 at 2:48 AM
*Slaps nosecone*
You can fit so much methalox in th
You can fit so much methalox in th
Like, seriously.
This is like, really bad and very much beyond the like... actual expectations (from what I understand) for what a fully-fueled methalox rocket detonating would be.
I imagine going to be *massive* investigations over this considering the kind of detonation you had here.
This is like, really bad and very much beyond the like... actual expectations (from what I understand) for what a fully-fueled methalox rocket detonating would be.
I imagine going to be *massive* investigations over this considering the kind of detonation you had here.
May 29, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Like, seriously.
This is like, really bad and very much beyond the like... actual expectations (from what I understand) for what a fully-fueled methalox rocket detonating would be.
I imagine going to be *massive* investigations over this considering the kind of detonation you had here.
This is like, really bad and very much beyond the like... actual expectations (from what I understand) for what a fully-fueled methalox rocket detonating would be.
I imagine going to be *massive* investigations over this considering the kind of detonation you had here.
Modeling for Methalox explosions really not fully understood. This *should* cause reevaluations of Starship's Texas pad and RocketLabs proposed site in Virginia.
It looks really bad, that is a large envelope and pressure wave
It looks really bad, that is a large envelope and pressure wave
May 29, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Modeling for Methalox explosions really not fully understood. This *should* cause reevaluations of Starship's Texas pad and RocketLabs proposed site in Virginia.
It looks really bad, that is a large envelope and pressure wave
It looks really bad, that is a large envelope and pressure wave
And like, this is serious ramifications for the *entirety* of the entire US commercial launch vehicle program for what just happened here.
Literally every next generation commercial rocket was using methalox and then this happens, and just... holy fucking shit.
Literally every next generation commercial rocket was using methalox and then this happens, and just... holy fucking shit.
May 29, 2026 at 1:42 AM
And like, this is serious ramifications for the *entirety* of the entire US commercial launch vehicle program for what just happened here.
Literally every next generation commercial rocket was using methalox and then this happens, and just... holy fucking shit.
Literally every next generation commercial rocket was using methalox and then this happens, and just... holy fucking shit.
China lines up methalox Long March 10C as their commercial workhorse after first successful booster recovery.
July 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
China lines up methalox Long March 10C as their commercial workhorse after first successful booster recovery.
Vulcan Centaur if the fire symbol got accurate color according to the methalox exhaust
October 17, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Vulcan Centaur if the fire symbol got accurate color according to the methalox exhaust
Hell yeah I made it on local news in Brownsville last night to discuss the risks posed by Methalox explosions
thanks to @rudymireles.bsky.social for having me on
www.valleycentral.com/news/local-n...
thanks to @rudymireles.bsky.social for having me on
www.valleycentral.com/news/local-n...
www.valleycentral.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Hell yeah I made it on local news in Brownsville last night to discuss the risks posed by Methalox explosions
thanks to @rudymireles.bsky.social for having me on
www.valleycentral.com/news/local-n...
thanks to @rudymireles.bsky.social for having me on
www.valleycentral.com/news/local-n...
A NASA Nuclear Reactor on the Moon? + Rocket Lab's Methalox Power! | This Week In Spaceflight with @elysiasegal.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3qc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3qc...
August 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A NASA Nuclear Reactor on the Moon? + Rocket Lab's Methalox Power! | This Week In Spaceflight with @elysiasegal.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3qc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3qc...
LOX LOAD COMPLETE!!! Enjoy our new lox socks including methalox, kerolox and hydrolox socks inspired by the colors of each propellant’s exhaust! Today’s a fitting day for the methalox socks, don’t you think? - https://t.co/lSs0Ruqtxs https://t.co/OwcEA72Hua
November 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM
LOX LOAD COMPLETE!!! Enjoy our new lox socks including methalox, kerolox and hydrolox socks inspired by the colors of each propellant’s exhaust! Today’s a fitting day for the methalox socks, don’t you think? - https://t.co/lSs0Ruqtxs https://t.co/OwcEA72Hua
I fucked up and forgot the upper stage was hydrolox here and thought it was fully methalox.
May 29, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I fucked up and forgot the upper stage was hydrolox here and thought it was fully methalox.
According to rumour, Long March-12A could become only the third methalox rocket ever to achieve a successful booster landing. If it succeeds, it'll mark another major milestone for China's rapidly advancing reusable launch capabilities.
July 18, 2026 at 10:40 AM
According to rumour, Long March-12A could become only the third methalox rocket ever to achieve a successful booster landing. If it succeeds, it'll mark another major milestone for China's rapidly advancing reusable launch capabilities.
Responding to NASA's Ignition event, the Mars Society argues:
-for a specialized smaller methalox lander instead of Starship
-against nuclear-electric propulsion for Mars
www.marssociety.org/news/2026/03...
-for a specialized smaller methalox lander instead of Starship
-against nuclear-electric propulsion for Mars
www.marssociety.org/news/2026/03...
April 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Responding to NASA's Ignition event, the Mars Society argues:
-for a specialized smaller methalox lander instead of Starship
-against nuclear-electric propulsion for Mars
www.marssociety.org/news/2026/03...
-for a specialized smaller methalox lander instead of Starship
-against nuclear-electric propulsion for Mars
www.marssociety.org/news/2026/03...
Blue Origin's New Glenn is benchmarked at about 45 tons to LEO on 3700 tons of MethaLox.
Turns out aluminum and carbon composites are a lot lighter than stainless steel lol whoops
Turns out aluminum and carbon composites are a lot lighter than stainless steel lol whoops
May 31, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Blue Origin's New Glenn is benchmarked at about 45 tons to LEO on 3700 tons of MethaLox.
Turns out aluminum and carbon composites are a lot lighter than stainless steel lol whoops
Turns out aluminum and carbon composites are a lot lighter than stainless steel lol whoops
Launch and recovery of the Yuanxingzhe-1, a 4.2m diameter 26.8m tall methalox-fuelled rocket stage developed by 'Space Epoch':
youtu.be/aDV_X2T7DpI
It's meant to splash down and be reused 20 times.
youtu.be/aDV_X2T7DpI
It's meant to splash down and be reused 20 times.
December 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Launch and recovery of the Yuanxingzhe-1, a 4.2m diameter 26.8m tall methalox-fuelled rocket stage developed by 'Space Epoch':
youtu.be/aDV_X2T7DpI
It's meant to splash down and be reused 20 times.
youtu.be/aDV_X2T7DpI
It's meant to splash down and be reused 20 times.
First launch of China's LM-10B Falcon9-class methalox rocket is successful, including first stage recovery on a ship. A Falcon Heavy-like variant with side boosters will be used for their upcoming human Moon flights
Oh the 1st stage's top was heavily smoking during the landing burn, but who cares!
m.weibo.cn/detail/53191...
m.weibo.cn/detail/53191...
July 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
First launch of China's LM-10B Falcon9-class methalox rocket is successful, including first stage recovery on a ship. A Falcon Heavy-like variant with side boosters will be used for their upcoming human Moon flights
On May 14 at 0300 UTC, Landspace launched Zhuque-2E flight Y5, introducing a new stretched version of this methalox launch vehicle. It placed a 2800 kg dummy payload in orbit.
May 14, 2026 at 5:12 AM
On May 14 at 0300 UTC, Landspace launched Zhuque-2E flight Y5, introducing a new stretched version of this methalox launch vehicle. It placed a 2800 kg dummy payload in orbit.
Leap 71
20 kN MethaLOX Aerospike engine
3D printed in copper and designed by the Noyron Large Computational Engineering Model
20 kN MethaLOX Aerospike engine
3D printed in copper and designed by the Noyron Large Computational Engineering Model
December 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Leap 71
20 kN MethaLOX Aerospike engine
3D printed in copper and designed by the Noyron Large Computational Engineering Model
20 kN MethaLOX Aerospike engine
3D printed in copper and designed by the Noyron Large Computational Engineering Model
LAUNCH at 0415 UTC Jul 10 of the first Chang Zheng 10B from Hainan Commercial Launch Site. Stage 1 is kerolox and landed successfully on a downrange barge. Stage 2 is methalox and placed a so-far-unidentified payload in orbit.
July 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
LAUNCH at 0415 UTC Jul 10 of the first Chang Zheng 10B from Hainan Commercial Launch Site. Stage 1 is kerolox and landed successfully on a downrange barge. Stage 2 is methalox and placed a so-far-unidentified payload in orbit.
Chinese commercial launch provider LandSpace achieved a major milestone with the successful maiden flight of its Zhuque-3 reusable methalox rocket, a vehicle roughly comparable in size to SpaceX’s Falcon 9.
By Ryan Caton
nasaspaceflight.com/2025/12/chin...
By Ryan Caton
nasaspaceflight.com/2025/12/chin...
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Chinese commercial launch provider LandSpace achieved a major milestone with the successful maiden flight of its Zhuque-3 reusable methalox rocket, a vehicle roughly comparable in size to SpaceX’s Falcon 9.
By Ryan Caton
nasaspaceflight.com/2025/12/chin...
By Ryan Caton
nasaspaceflight.com/2025/12/chin...
The Shanghai Academy is currently prototyping methalox 'Economical Lunar Landers' to enable greater cargo access to the Moon beyond Chang'e missions
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/shanghai-a...
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/shanghai-a...
March 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The Shanghai Academy is currently prototyping methalox 'Economical Lunar Landers' to enable greater cargo access to the Moon beyond Chang'e missions
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/shanghai-a...
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/shanghai-a...
On May 14 at 0300 UTC, Landspace launched Zhuque-2E flight Y5, introducing a new stretched version of this methalox launch vehicle. It placed a 2800 kg dummy payload in orbit.
May 14, 2026 at 5:11 AM
On May 14 at 0300 UTC, Landspace launched Zhuque-2E flight Y5, introducing a new stretched version of this methalox launch vehicle. It placed a 2800 kg dummy payload in orbit.
Avio has completed a hot-fire test of its MR10 methalox engine, marking a key milestone in the development of its FD1 rocket demonstrator.
europeanspaceflight.com/avio-reaches...
europeanspaceflight.com/avio-reaches...
Avio Reaches Key Milestone in the Development of its FD1 Rocket Demonstrator
Avio has completed a hot-fire test of its MR10 methalox engine, marking a key milestone in the development of its FD1 rocket demonstrator.
europeanspaceflight.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Avio has completed a hot-fire test of its MR10 methalox engine, marking a key milestone in the development of its FD1 rocket demonstrator.
europeanspaceflight.com/avio-reaches...
europeanspaceflight.com/avio-reaches...