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Phoebus: keeping the smallest molecule in the Universe contained
Enabling & Support
16/10/2025
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In briefProgress is being made on the Phoebus project’s carbon fibre hydrogen tanks for a potential future application on Ariane 6 and spin-off industrial applicationsSmaller scale models have proven this world-first technology is...
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