Purdue, NASA, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Pennsylvania State University are all working together on a new rocket propellant called ALICE. Not named for anyone’s girlfriend or mother, the name ALICE comes from what the propellant is made out of: frozen mixture of water and “nanoscale aluminum” powder.


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    October 12, 2009 at 8:46 am

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  2. QuarkSpin says:
    October 12, 2009 at 7:15 am

    Nice job, C! Very informative. I also liked the hopping MECO on the logo.

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  3. Chris Hugman says:
    October 12, 2009 at 11:33 am

    Sounds a great idea with one fatal flaw. Imagine ice based SRB's in the florida heat, their going to need a few mop's

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  4. Rack88 says:
    October 12, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    Very interesting. I liked the little amateur rocket launch video that was thrown on the very end.

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  5. Jen says:
    October 12, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    You look and sound so professional, @cariann! And I love the little hopping Meco, too!

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  6. Bencredible says:
    October 12, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    Professional? AH HA! Fooled you :P

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  7. Tim Bailey says:
    October 16, 2009 at 9:15 am

    wow! Great work Cariann. I learned a lot from this one (no kidding!).

    You look almost *too* professional. Maybe add in a little more fun to the dailies? You were talking about big flaming rockets after all!!

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  8. Tim Bailey says:
    October 16, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    wow! Great work Cariann. I learned a lot from this one (no kidding!).

    You look almost *too* professional. Maybe add in a little more fun to the dailies? You were talking about big flaming rockets after all!!

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