AFOSR and NASA Launch First Test Rocket Fueled by Aluminum-Ice Propellant
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 24, 2009
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). They found that the pressure exponent for ALICE was 0.73, which is approximately a factor of two larger than Al/water mixtures.
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