A rocket engine having a combustion chamber with a chamber inner wall, a throat with a throat inner wall, and a nozzle with a nozzle inner wall is provided. The chamber inner wall is a vacuum plasma sprayed metal, the throat inner wall is a vacuum plasma sprayed metal, and the nozzle inner wall is a vacuum plasma sprayed metal. The porosity of the vacuum plasma sprayed metal varies in an axial direction of the engine.
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