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I haven't ran the numbers or anything but I would assume supplying the high PSI oxygen for a long burn duration would be a considerable engineering challenge. You would need a system to jump start with bottled oxygen and then a heat exchanger in the combustion chamber to gasify LOX once stable detonation is reached. It is likely New Space companies have run the numbers on engine weight versus a contemporary staged combustion engine and found it to be little to no efficiency gain.



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