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Published Aug 17 2012 by Space Daily

NASA Selects Green Propellant Technology Demonstration Mission

NASA has selected a team led by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation of Boulder, Colo., for a technology demonstration of a high performance "green" propellant alternative to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine.

With this award, NASA opens a new era of innovative and non-toxic green fuels that...

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"High performance green propellant has the potential to revolutionize how we travel to, from and in space" said Michael Gazarik...

NASA Selects Green Propellant Technology Demonstration Mission [Published Space Daily - Aug 17 2012]

...in Washington. "An effective green rocket fuel would dramatically reduce the cost and time for preparing and launching space missions while decreasing pollution and harm to our environment."

NASA Selects Green Propellant Technology Demonstration Mission [Published Space Daily - Aug 17 2012]

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