New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 14:07 in Astronomy & Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- 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.

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