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> Liquid oxygen turns anything in to fuel

Not quite literally, in e.g. Soviet engine designs some gas generators are oxygen-rich, they produce oxidized exhaust of high temperature, and the engine still doesn't burn (usually).

> So, the turbopump has to outperform the combustion chamber in terms of pressure and flow rate.

Yes, the injector pressure drop can't be too small.



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