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to form these inks was hydrazine##a highly toxic explosive liquid used in rocket fuel. Brutchey and David Webber of USC mixed two compounds to create the new solvent that effectively dissolves a class of semiconductors known as chalcogenides. hen the two compounds work together they do something quite remarkablesays Brutchey.
Water could also be split into hydrogen and oxygen for use as rocket fuel. Much of the weight of today's rockets comes from their own propellant so having a source of fuel already in space would pave the way for much more ambitious human missions.
Some of the teams vying for the prize also have their sights set on selling lunar-derived rocket fuel.
Indeed, every rocket engine ever made has fired burning rocket fuel out behind it, thus powering the craft forward.
which converts electrical energy into thrust without the need for rocket fuel. Martin Tajmar, professor and chair for Space Systems at the Dresden University of Technology, presented his work at the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics'Propulsion and Energy Forum in Orlando yesterday.
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