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New Aluminum-Ice Rocket Propellant Tested

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the burn-it-up dept.

eldavojohn writes "With the problem of moving conventional rocket fuel to the Moon and Mars on their minds, researchers from Purdue and Penn State successfully tested and demonstrated the use of aluminum-ice (ALICE) as fuel. In a paper from last August they outlined how it would work (PDF), and now they know it does. Space.com also has more information on the paper and how nano-scale aluminum functions as a fuel."

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  1. ALICE, you say? by stjobe · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's dreamy weather we're on
    You waved your crooked wand
    Along an icy pond with a frozen moon
    A murder of silhouette crows I saw
    And the tears on my face
    And the skates on the pond
    They spell Alice

    - Tom Waits, Alice

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  2. They're using ALICE? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where are they going, Wonderland?

  3. Re:In other words by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...so he should have quoted something by Bill Haley and the Comets...?

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  4. Re:In other words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In other words, please be true. In other words, I love you.

    I love you TOO, man. Please pass the bowl.