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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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On the Moon or elsewhere: Follow the water

Impact: Solar System    November 14, 2009
In the detective business, the standard advice is: “Follow the money.” In human space exploration, perhaps somewhat similar advice applies: “Follow the water.” This needs debate, however there are some potent arguments in favor of the notion that human (as differentiated from robotic or probe) exploration of space should go where sources of water are [...]
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