Abstract: A rocket propulsion engine includes a propellant vessel, a sensitizer vessel, a combustion chamber, an exhaust nozzle, and a controllable sensitizer injector. The combustion chamber combusts combustible propellant received from the propellant vessel and the combustion gas produced therefrom is exhausted through the exhaust nozzle. When activated, the controllable sensitizer injector introduce sensitizer from the sensitizer vessel into the propellant vessel to form an explosive mixture of the combustible propellant and the sensitizer. A method of operating a rocket propulsion engine includes supplying a combustible propellant from the propellant vessel into the combustion chamber, combusting the combustible propellant within the combustion chamber, and exhausting combustion gas produced through the exhaust nozzle. The method also includes introducing the sensitizer from the sensitizer vessel into the propellant vessel to form an explosive mixture within the propellant vessel.

Abstract: A rocket propulsion engine includes a propellant vessel, a sensitizer vessel, a combustion chamber, an exhaust nozzle, and a controllable sensitizer injector. The combustion chamber combusts combustible propellant received from the propellant vessel and the combustion gas produced therefrom is exhausted through the exhaust nozzle. When activated, the controllable sensitizer injector introduce sensitizer from the sensitizer vessel into the propellant vessel to form an explosive mixture of the combustible propellant and the sensitizer. A method of operating a rocket propulsion engine includes supplying a combustible propellant from the propellant vessel into the combustion chamber, combusting the combustible propellant within the combustion chamber, and exhausting combustion gas produced through the exhaust nozzle. The method also includes introducing the sensitizer from the sensitizer vessel into the propellant vessel to form an explosive mixture within the propellant vessel.