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Nuclear Rocket Fuel Test Success Paves the Way for Faster Space Travel
While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.
Scientists Are Getting Closer to a Better Source of Rocket Fuel: Good Ol’ Water
Project, the University of Bologna will be developing a new electric thruster for rockets that is propelled by water being turned into plasma through electrolysis. While prototypes of water-powered ...
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China Creates Rocket Fuel In Orbit With Just Carbon Dioxide, Water And Electricity
Space is the only place where rocket fuel could be more precious than water. The China Manned Space Agency announced last month that taikonauts on the ongoing Shenzhou-19 mission successfully ...
Futurism on MSN12d
Chinese Astronauts Create Rocket Fuel in Space Using "Artificial Photosynthesis"
Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...
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Fail Of The Week: 3D Printed Parts That Burn Like NASA’s Rocket Fuel
specifically can you 3D print the rocket grain itself? By using the resin as a fuel and mixing in a potent oxidiser (ammonium perchlorate specifically – thanks for the tip NASA!) he has some ...
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Chinese astronauts make rocket fuel and oxygen in space using 1st-of-its-kind 'artificial photosynthesis'
Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and breathable oxygen by mimicking a chemical reaction in plants. The technology ...