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

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The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and NASA recently launched the first test rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprising nanoscale aluminum powder and water ice (ALICE). It consists of an all-carbon-fiber, minimum-diameter high-power rocketry kit. Credit: Dr. Steven F.