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Flometrics

Flometrics is a San Diego–based engineering company that was formed in the garage of Dr. Steve Harrington in 1990. The engineers specialize in thermodynamics and fluid dynamics, but were widely publicized for launching a rocket running on a biofuel "developed by the EERC under a DARPA contact."2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Flometrics is a San Diego–based engineering company that was formed in the garage of Dr. Steve Harrington in 1990. The engineers specialize in thermodynamics and fluid dynamics, but were widely publicized for launching a rocket running on a biofuel "developed by the EERC under a DARPA contact."2

Products and brands

Pistonless Pump

The Pistonless pump is a low pressure pump system originally designed to support NASA projects with the Crew Exploration Vehicle. The CEV needed to be safe with low pressure systems.

From Wikipedia’s article on Flometrics, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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