[CPEO-MEF] PREVENTION, PERCHLORATE: Aluminum-ice ( ALICE) propellant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions


PhysOrg.com
October 7th, 2009

Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a 
frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder that is more 
environmentally friendly than conventional propellants and could be 
manufactured on the moon, Mars and other water-bearing bodies.

The aluminum-ice, or ALICE, propellant might be used to launch rockets 
into orbit and for long-distance space missions and also to generate 
hydrogen for fuel cells, said Steven Son, an associate professor of 
mechanical engineering at Purdue University.

Purdue is working with NASA, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research 
and Pennsylvania State University to develop ALICE, which was used 
earlier this year to launch a 9-foot-tall rocket. The vehicle reached an 
altitude of 1,300 feet over Purdue's Scholer farms, about 10 miles from 
campus.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.physorg.com/news174146628.html

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