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by ArtifTh 2765 days ago
>Are there already atmosphere-breathing engines that do this and what are they called?

Generally this kind of engine is called Magnetohydrodynamic drive. I'm not sure about atmospheric engines, but according to wiki[1] there are prototypes that uses water as working fluid.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetohydrodynamic_drive