The device requires a complex hydraulic system. (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The device requires a complex hydraulic system.

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The device requires a complex hydraulic system to store and regulate the flow of liquid, efficiently shuttling propellant through microfluidic channels to a series of emitters.

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