Japanese engineers have successfully test-fired a space rocket engine, which runs on locally-sourced cow poop.
A Japanese startup called Interstellar Technologies Inc. trumpeted in a statement that the company was able to kickstart ZERO, its space rocket engine, in a 10-second "static fire test" in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island prefecture.
And powering up the rocket's engine is liquid biomethane, derived from cow dung sourced from Hokkaido dairy farms.
Video on the social media platform X shows the engine firing up and shooting a super-hot jet of blue, horizontal flame.
A Japanese startup called Interstellar Technologies Inc. trumpeted in a statement that the company was able to kickstart ZERO, its space rocket engine, in a 10-second "static fire test" in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island prefecture.
And powering up the rocket's engine is liquid biomethane, derived from cow dung sourced from Hokkaido dairy farms.
Video on the social media platform X shows the engine firing up and shooting a super-hot jet of blue, horizontal flame.