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It is pretty sexy.
I didn't actively notice before but it has two gas generators?
Doesn't that waste even more propellant?

Will Terran R happen?

https://twitter.com/relativityspace/status/1634289620329418793
>First Aeon R engine build complete
Proontchads just keep winning

https://twitter.com/thetimellis/status/1634307143108009984
>Two pumps, one methane one LOx. Single gas generator, the split ducting you see feeds each turbine (there is turbine stack each pump). It’s fuel rich cycle in main chamber, pretty much all engines are, ox-rich is only for preburners in full flow or ORSC engines. Aeon R has beastly pumps because it’s really high power and thrust density - for the thrust class of 258,000 pound thrust, actually quite small and dense. But pump power goes up fairly dramatically with increases in chamber pressure. It’s a pretty high performing and efficient GG cycle engine, I think it will be among the best. This is Block 1, Block 2 already in build and looks quite a bit more compact lots of new hardware for that iteration. Planning out to Block 6 already actively. This will be a very high iteration rate engine given almost all of it is 3D printed.