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AFOSR and NASA Launch First Test Rocket Fueled by Aluminum-Ice Propellant

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It consists of an all-carbon-fiber, minimum-diameter high-power rocketry kit. Penn State and Purdue University researchers presented a paper on an investigation of ALICE propellants at the 45 th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit earlier this month in Denver, Colorado. Credit: Dr. Steven F.