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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. Re:Ignition! by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, at least it isn't "Muslim Outreach".

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  2. Politicians by kawabago · · Score: 3, Funny

    Put a politician in the engine and set him to Campaign and he will spew a continuous stream of rhetoric that will slowly accelerate the ship to near light speed.

    1. Re:Politicians by Dr.+Tom · · Score: 5, Funny

      Politician storage is complex, expensive, and requires high levels of administratium, the heaviest element known. After long periods of storage politicians also decay into bureaucratium, which has a negative half-life and so becomes more massive over time.

  3. Green Rocket Fuel is as easy as green beer! by Hordeking · · Score: 2, Funny

    If NASA wants their rocket fuel to be green, all they have to do is add a whole lot of green food dye to the tanks before filling them!

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  4. Re:God help us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You've got to be kidding. He Rush Limbaughed that? What a humongous douchebag.

    Whats the difference between the Hindenburg and Rush Limbaugh?

    One is a giant Nazi gasbag, the other is a dirigible.