Smooth ascent

David Jones

Nature, 1997, vol. 389, issue 6651, 552-552

Abstract: Once a solid-fuel rocket has been lit, it's like an enormous firework — it can be neither stopped nor controlled. Typically, the solid fuel is a mixture of aluminium powder and ammonium perchlorate and, to make a more controllable fuel, DREADCO chemists are replacing these ingredients with fine aluminium wire and a water-based gel, respectively.

Date: 1997
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