Cigarette Rocket Booster – a rocket where the body itself is fuel

Name: Cigarette Rocket Booster – a rocket where the body itself is fuel
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Author: solenopsys

by solenopsys·Mar 13, 2026·2 points·0 comments

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Eliminates tanks and pumps by making the rocket structure itself the fuel.

Strengths

•Radical simplification removes 85% of structural dead weight from the design.
•Distributed micro-combustion cells offer statistical thrust stability without complex valves.
•CERN OHL license prevents patent trolling on the core propulsion concept.

Weaknesses

•Purely theoretical; no physical test data or simulations provided yet.
•Porous metal manufacturing at scale remains unproven for this specific use.

Post Description

CRB (Cigarette Rocket Booster) is a rocket concept where the body itself is the fuel. Instead of thousands of parts, tanks, pumps, and valves, it is built around essentially one 3D-printed structure that serves as the vehicle, fuel mass, and nozzle array. The goal is radical simplification and launch costs starting from $500 per kilogram for small payloads.