Alternative fuel to hydrazine to be tested with NASA’s GPIM spacecraft

A US Air Force sponsored program has developed a non-toxic alternative propellant to the commonly used, but highly toxic and flammable, monopropellant hydrazine: New research key to revolutionary ‘green’ spacecraft propellant – US Air Force The new fuel, labeled AF-M315E,  is an “energetic ionic liquid, or EIL”. It was developed by Dr. Tom Hawkins of the … Continue reading Alternative fuel to hydrazine to be tested with NASA’s GPIM spacecraft