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NASA Wants Green Rocket Fuel

Posted by samzenpus on from the save-the-earth-before-you-leave-it dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA is looking for technology that could offer green rocket fuel alternatives to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine used to fire up most rockets today. According to NASA: 'Hydrazine is an efficient and ubiquitous propellant that can be stored for long periods of time, but is also highly corrosive and toxic.' It is used extensively on commercial and defense department satellites as well as for NASA science and exploration missions."

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  1. what new NASA's vehicles for? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    if the last U.S Shuttle was dismantled recently by the Obama's goverment then what's the next?

    To improve the rocket fuel to be more green-friendly without space vehicle!

    JCPM: i'm knowing now that they are going into the absurdity of their secretes, and the kryptonites are green-friendly, not?.

  2. Does not compute by mcgrew · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Yes but you cannot store LOX for long periods, It want is to boil off. Hydrazine will stay stable for a long time, and another important aspect of hydrazine is it is hypergolic properties."

    Those sentences make no sense whatever.

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