Pulsed plasma tech can enable restartable solid rocket motors

Pulsed plasma tech can enable restartable solid rocket motors

The Aerospace Corporation has been advancing a concept for a restartable solid rocket motor (RSRM), a propulsion configuration that has long posed engineering difficulties because conventional solid motors burn continuously once ignited and cannot be throttled or shut down mid-flight. To solve the problem, the Aerospace Corporation is collaborating with the University of Southern California (USC) and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). They are…