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Detail of the propellant lines entering one of the thrust cells.

Picture 1 of 2.

Looking up a nozzle ramp toward a thrust cell, the foil-clad tube is a fuel (hydrogen) supply line, entering the thrust cell at the insulated, white band to provide regenerative cooling to the combustion chamber walls (the nozzle ramp is also regeneratively-cooled by part of the fuel before being routed to the thrust cells).

The bare, silver line entering the top of the thrust cell is the LOX line.

 
Propellant lines to XRS-2200 Linear Aerospike Engine thrust cells at Marshall Space Flight Center Building 4205
Time picture taken Fri Sep 19 15:13:06 2014
Location picture taken Building 4205
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL
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