From the Twitter Account: Recovered from the There And Back Again mission in May, this refurbished Rutherford completed 200 seconds of engine fire, multiple restarts, and produced full thrust of 21kNs within 1000 milliseconds of ignition. 🔥This engine has been to space and back. This week we proved it could go again. 🔥 We've successfully test fired a recovered Rutherford engine for the first time - a significant technical milestone on our path to make Electron a reusable rocket!
Hot damn, this is impressive. I'm surprised an engine built of 3D printed alloy could survive flight and still be able to fly afterwards without several attempts and refinements and RUDs. Would love to know just how much of the engine they replaced to get it operable again.
Considering the engine is "printed", I wonder if it would be possible for them to simply replace any erosion that does occur with freshly printed metal on the inside of the engine chamber and the nozzle. Like retreading a truck tire!
Great engine! That’s a keeper! Looking forward to seeing it fly again! Love the way you guys and gals keep knocking it outa the park. Can’t wait for you to build a bigger vehicle but still live watch this one launch. Fabulous watching it launch from NZ putting so much pressure on the Aussie government to pull their finger out and get back in the game!!!!
@@annando Obviously. I think they are asking the specific question, how did the data coming off the engine look after it was recovered from salt water? Were there any issues with the engine that weren't clearly visible during the hot fire?
@@dr4d1s also of the course we don't know, how much refurbishing had to be done. So for example we don't know if the urbo pump or any electronics needed to be replaced due to the salt water.
@@annando it is now easy to waterproof electronics, even complex ones like mobile phones. I wonder if they did anything at all other than checking? That would mean you could basically fish it out of the sea and reuse within days. Of course we still don't know how much effort they put into it but it is a possibility.
Dearest son, Peter. When I suggested you learn to light fires, I had no idea you would make them so hot, nor direct the flames so well. I must congratulate you, my boy. You made a beautiful fire. No. Don't put it out! It's perfectly symmetrical! Look how evenly the planet is melting.
@@HowToSpacic Yea, I know ..... just trying to be a little funny - it looked like it was blasting up a lot of debris ........ they, too, seem to know what to do - Cheers
SpaceX discovered cracks in their turbo pump impellers or something after they started getting recoveries. It is good to see that it works, also interesting to verify wear. Many unique opportunities and many things to learn. Got my wife started with investing and this is one of the two purchases.
@@snake88ification TSLA. I imagine since you are into high up side stocks you might be guessing that, it is also sort of connected to this stock. I was into SpaceX and disappointed that it is not a public company and sorta discovered the other two companies because they are interesting and making big innovation plays. People should ideally invest in the best company but since that is not an algorithm they should look where they have an interest that helps them pay attention and understand deeply. Rocket Lab is speculative but they have profitable pieces and there is the advantage of public markets allowing them to aquire good things with the appropriate approach of hardware rich iterative development with appropriate steps that reach revenue generation instead of alloting a chunk of cash to burn
Hahaha! With its maritime dunking it could've warmed some real cockles! That's if cockles ever hanker for LEO & mount a mission to steal a rocket motor. (It's a stretch, I know!)
RUclips has recently started pushing random recommendations into peoples sidebars, and the people disliking might be doing it because they have no interest in rocketry and are trying to tune their recommendations.
From what I can tell static fires are when engines are fully integrated on a complete vehicle Falcon 9 static fires in its full flight config before flight and SLS had a hot fire where it was just most of the core stage. I think hot fires are when it is not attached to a flight vehicle.
It may not be the full booster, but this is damn impressive, especially with the unexpected splashdown. Still, any word on when/if the next recovery attempt will be? The last one was SO close.
They still don't have a lead propulsion engineer, much less parts for a fireable Archimedes. Hate to say the quiet part out loud but Neutron ain't happening anytime soon - wouldn't be surprised to see first flight pushed out to 2026 or so.
Maybe give one to the Aussies for when they finish hollowing out a didgeridoo big enough to use for a rocket. Don't forget to send them some sandpaper to make their rocket smooth enough though, as their cricketers are smuggling all of Australia's sandpaper down their underpants ;o
There and back again indeed.
Hi Scott
Hi scott!
Definitely would be a great mission name with the reused engines!
Hullo, Scott Manley.
Hullo
From the Twitter Account:
Recovered from the There And Back Again mission in May, this refurbished Rutherford completed 200 seconds of engine fire, multiple restarts, and produced full thrust of 21kNs within 1000 milliseconds of ignition.
🔥This engine has been to space and back. This week we proved it could go again. 🔥 We've successfully test fired a recovered Rutherford engine for the first time - a significant technical milestone on our path to make Electron a reusable rocket!
In the parlance of our times: "boo-yah!"
WOW! Rutherford engines seem to run on RP1, Lox and Salt water! Bravo Zulu!
What does Zulu mean?🤣
@@gamepool8517 The term BRAVO ZULU = ‘B Z’ is used in the military, (primarily the Navy) as short handed way of saying Well Done!
@@vonpredator I thought it meant Zulu in south African,but the pronunciation still sounds exactly the same.
That was awesome!!! I wasn't expecting a full duration hot fire.
Nice jub Rocket Lab Team, you really have done some amazing Work!
Hot damn, this is impressive. I'm surprised an engine built of 3D printed alloy could survive flight and still be able to fly afterwards without several attempts and refinements and RUDs. Would love to know just how much of the engine they replaced to get it operable again.
I want to know what that alloyed composite is. Very impressive it can handle that heat and pressure
@@Mottbox citation needed
Considering the engine is "printed", I wonder if it would be possible for them to simply replace any erosion that does occur with freshly printed metal on the inside of the engine chamber and the nozzle. Like retreading a truck tire!
The engine's don't fly only once anyways. They get tested before flight.
@@snake88ification that’s kinda contradictory. Besides, the thing that makes it difficult is the re entry
Was there any major repairs or just a mild cleaning and inspection before the hot fire tests?
I’ll say this: if you can recover an engine you’ve flown to space and reuse it, you must be doing something right. Can’t wait for Neutron!
You guys are legends and we are all in awe of your accomplishments. Go RocketLab !
They're leg ends in their lifetime. ;-p
Great work Rocket Lab! Thanks for sharing this video!
Great engine! That’s a keeper! Looking forward to seeing it fly again! Love the way you guys and gals keep knocking it outa the park. Can’t wait for you to build a bigger vehicle but still live watch this one launch. Fabulous watching it launch from NZ putting so much pressure on the Aussie government to pull their finger out and get back in the game!!!!
I love the little blast from the fire extinguisher at the end. I don't know why but it just makes me chuckle
This engine brought our stuff into space. It´s so exciting to see that it can be fired up again!
Amazing 😀!
That's impressive as hell! Well done and good luck -- I'm looking forward to the first full reuse.
Awesome job Rocketlab! Stay amazing!
I still can't believe this mighty engine as the same name as me!
Beautiful work Rocket Lab!
Does this mean that it is possible to check/refurbish Rutherford engines and reuse them even if they have been in the sea?
Since that engine was recovered not mid air but from the sea, it seems so.
@@annando Obviously. I think they are asking the specific question, how did the data coming off the engine look after it was recovered from salt water? Were there any issues with the engine that weren't clearly visible during the hot fire?
@@dr4d1s also of the course we don't know, how much refurbishing had to be done. So for example we don't know if the urbo pump or any electronics needed to be replaced due to the salt water.
@@annando it is now easy to waterproof electronics, even complex ones like mobile phones. I wonder if they did anything at all other than checking? That would mean you could basically fish it out of the sea and reuse within days.
Of course we still don't know how much effort they put into it but it is a possibility.
I forgot the marshmallows🤘
Congrats Rocket Lab team! 🙌 I can't wait to see your first flight with a reused rocket!
Dearest son, Peter. When I suggested you learn to light fires, I had no idea you would make them so hot, nor direct the flames so well. I must congratulate you, my boy. You made a beautiful fire. No. Don't put it out! It's perfectly symmetrical! Look how evenly the planet is melting.
Well done. Keep moving forward on the road to reuse!
Lots of gimbaling going on - is the gimbal mechanism part of the engine itself?
Very impressive. I'm thinking the exit hole in the floor of the test stand is a little too small.
Was a lot smaller when they first started ...
I mean it works and I think they would have found out by now after testing tons of engines
@@HowToSpacic Yea, I know ..... just trying to be a little funny - it looked like it was blasting up a lot of debris ........ they, too, seem to know what to do - Cheers
@@truegret7778 I certainly wouldn't want to be a camera operator... ;)
Probably proprietary, but I'm curious to know how far salt water got into the engine, if it did any harm and how it was cleaned?
SpaceX discovered cracks in their turbo pump impellers or something after they started getting recoveries. It is good to see that it works, also interesting to verify wear. Many unique opportunities and many things to learn. Got my wife started with investing and this is one of the two purchases.
We will double our money.
@@onjofilms lol. Only double? If I didn't think it wasn't going to be a 20-50 bagger ,then I wouldn't waste my time
The other purchase is what stock?
@@snake88ification TSLA. I imagine since you are into high up side stocks you might be guessing that, it is also sort of connected to this stock. I was into SpaceX and disappointed that it is not a public company and sorta discovered the other two companies because they are interesting and making big innovation plays. People should ideally invest in the best company but since that is not an algorithm they should look where they have an interest that helps them pay attention and understand deeply. Rocket Lab is speculative but they have profitable pieces and there is the advantage of public markets allowing them to aquire good things with the appropriate approach of hardware rich iterative development with appropriate steps that reach revenue generation instead of alloting a chunk of cash to burn
Awesome. Can't wait to see rocket lab relaunch one of their recovered engines. Keep up the awesome work Rocket Lab and Peter Beck.
What a sweet little engine.
Can the carbon carbon material handle reentry or will it need additional protection.
That's one solid motor! "Yo ho ho & a bottle of RP1!" ☠️🚀
Nice!
Nice, Gimbal, Gimbal, Gimbal 😎
That's impressive considering the saltwater. Good job, Rocket Lab team!
Hard to believe the heart of this boy runs on electric
Massive congrats! This is quite an achievement!
Amazing ,,,,great job
How much refurbishment did this engine undergo before this firing?
Did the sea water do any damage? Did you replace any parts?
Is that some sort of simulated gimbaling (the little stilted movements back and forth)!!!!
So awesome 🤘
Oh most wonderful!
A true pogchamp moment
I was just thinking today. When is the next Rocket Lab launch today. I hope it’s soon. Thanks for this in the mean time.
Next launch is NET 14 sept.
Another step forward for Rocketlab! 🍺🙂
That was mightily outstanding
i wish 10 hour version of this
Nothing warms the cockles of my green heart more than a recycled rocket engine. :)
Hahaha! With its maritime dunking it could've warmed some real cockles!
That's if cockles ever hanker for LEO & mount a mission to steal a rocket motor. (It's a stretch, I know!)
Fire
Was this from the recovery of Return to Sender? Awesome to see rocket reusability!
This was from There And Back Again
🚀🚀wrooooooom! Go Rocket Lab!
Excelent🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Rocket Lab refurbishment: stick it in the dishwasher to get rid of the soot and salt, then have a go!
This is so cool!!
Why have 6 people disliked this video? It's amazing the work they've done
RUclips has recently started pushing random recommendations into peoples sidebars, and the people disliking might be doing it because they have no interest in rocketry and are trying to tune their recommendations.
Flat heads, poopy butts, and malcontents.
dislikes are not shown anymore?
Wait it did survive the ocean salt? or did you replace the nozzle?
Does anyone know the difference between a hot fire test and a static fire test? Are they different things, or are the words just used interchangeably.
From what I can tell static fires are when engines are fully integrated on a complete vehicle
Falcon 9 static fires in its full flight config before flight and SLS had a hot fire where it was just most of the core stage.
I think hot fires are when it is not attached to a flight vehicle.
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Is this one of the engines that had a bath in the pond or is this from a dry recovery?
there have been NO DRY recoveries thus far
Interesting that they do their hotfire tests outside.
Unrelated: can anyone tell me what the name of the font of the tile is, shown at 0:01?
This is what Smaug fantasizes he is like.
Sweet rocket engine action, Holy Shit! Big *heart*
Amazing achievement 😊
I always wanted to put one of these on my boat lol
so... did you melt the floor?))
Well done guys, great job.
VeryNice, with some additional data in the screen e.g. chamber pressure, thrust, temps it would be even better :-)
Looks great!
Rocket Lab ! Ready to flight !!!🔧🔧
So they basically run whole 1 stage burn duration in recycled engine. And same week NASA trying to loose some fine multiple times used RS-25 engines.
Astra release new engine test fire video, rocket lab "hold my beer".
Now that is great news!
Isn't the Rutherford engine 3D-printed? Might it be cheaper to produce it than to recover it?
It's less time consuming to use already existing parts than having to create them for each flight.
Quick, somebody tell Rocket Lab!!
Isn't the Rutherford engine what the Firefly is running?
No. The Reavers are their own design
Awesome 👍
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how many times can this be done? excellent work.
I'm quite sure they don't know that yet.
@@jshepard152 kinda what i was thinking.. i wanna see how much it can take before it breaks.
At least once
@@richardmillhousenixon lol fair enough
I want one for my bike!
Go Rocket Lab!
firing nomally ... good to see after the trip
Watching this video is my happy place
0:12 its moving ! it's alive !
Yea, space.
Nice
Fwoosh! Rockets ftw
It may not be the full booster, but this is damn impressive, especially with the unexpected splashdown.
Still, any word on when/if the next recovery attempt will be? The last one was SO close.
Update on Twitter 30 minutes ago said before the end of the year, and that the helicopter will be involved!
Impressive!
can we get a cold fire next? ^^
Love it!
Noice.
So far so good 👍👏
You are a very good videographer.😁❤
Is this for the neutron?
Bro... Electron
@@jorsanflo thought it looked tiny
They still don't have a lead propulsion engineer, much less parts for a fireable Archimedes. Hate to say the quiet part out loud but Neutron ain't happening anytime soon - wouldn't be surprised to see first flight pushed out to 2026 or so.
Round 2 baby 🚀
verr nice
Maybe give one to the Aussies for when they finish hollowing out a didgeridoo big enough to use for a rocket. Don't forget to send them some sandpaper to make their rocket smooth enough though, as their cricketers are smuggling all of Australia's sandpaper down their underpants ;o
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Very nice