> You also don't want to completely run out of fuel because your engine will probably explode.
Can anyone suggest keywords/links about this? Sounds interesting.
Can anyone suggest keywords/links about this? Sounds interesting.
The fuel is also used as a coolant [2] so you would not want to run out of fuel in the plumbing before you run out of propellants in the combustion chamber.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbopump
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(rocket_engine_family) (search "regeneratively cooled")