South Africa’s Hypernova Space Technologies intends to launch an innovative satellite thruster system that could revolutionise space travel in future. The breakthrough technology will burn metals as rocket fuel, as opposed to the current use of expensive rare gasses. The use of metals is emphasised because they can be found in abundance throughout the solar system making space travel cheap and sustainable.
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