THRUST! (Technologies for High-thrust Re-Usable Space Transportation) is an initiative of the ESA STS Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP), aiming to push forward European launcher liquid propulsion competencies by reaching significant demonstration results on high thrust staged combustion engine technology, thus providing results beyond the current liquid propulsion portfolio of FLPP.
The goal of this call for ideas is to:
- Identify industrial engine primes with complete staged-combustion engine roadmaps, interested in ESA support to mature their system via concrete quick-to-testing hardware projects
- Identify Technology Providers in certain technology fields which are key for future European staged combustion engines