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HISTORICAL FACTS: Aussie ingenuity powers space satellites future fuels | History Defined

Australian company Omni Tanker is crafting fuel tanks for an aerospace giant to use in space. (HANDOUT/ADVANCED MANUFACTURING GROWTH CENTRE)

A small Australian manufacturer with a big idea is crafting fuel tanks for an aerospace giant to use in space.

Specialists at Omni Tanker, working out of an industrial suburb in western Sydney, have developed technology to transport liquid hydrogen and helium at high pressure under extreme temperatures as low as minus 269C.

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