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New rocket fuel: aluminum ice

News: Delta-V    December 2, 2009
ALICE to the stars! Could be a catchy title. It’s an acronym: ALuminum ICE, a new kind of rocket fuel. There are lots of ways to drive a rocket. Few of them are ecologically friendly. This one may be. Better still, aluminum nanoparticles and water (hydrogen and oxygen) for rocket fuel are potentially available for [...]
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Commercial ion-engine test

News: Delta-V    October 12, 2009
Among the most promising of engines to power future (and present) spacecraft are ion thrusters that create ions for propellant. The speed of the ions as they exit the engine can build up enormous thrust, and do it more efficiently than traditional explosive propellants. While much of the initial research for ion engines has been [...]
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