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SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants

Science | 2026-06-17 at 13:30 UTC | Source: techcrunch.com
Critical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045.
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