Discovery of new molecule can lead to more efficient rocket fuel

[Ronin]

They just need to find a way to contain it.

[Raneman]

I wish I wasn't so shit at physics. If this is just nitrogen and oxygen, how come it doesn't occur naturally and we've never seen it before?

[Pepin]

What interests me more is the practicality of its use. If it is easy and cheap to make then it'd be cool.

[editline]22nd December 2010[/editline]

[QUOTE=Raneman;26888598]I wish I wasn't so shit at physics. If this is just nitrogen and oxygen, how come it doesn't occur naturally and we've never seen it before?[/QUOTE]

Because it isn't as stable as the naturally occurring molecular compounds.

[hippieman58]

Sounds like an awesome discovery, assuming that its easy to produce.

[T.F.W.O.]

They revocered the isotrope.

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[GWMCOCD]

THIS JUST IN: Scientists find cure for cancer in water!

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[Used Car Salesm]

Somebody tell Elon Musk!

[Contag]

[QUOTE=Alvaldi;26881373]It doesn't use fossil fuels then?

[editline]22nd December 2010[/editline]

Cool.[/QUOTE]

It uses fossil fuels in the manufacturing component, but otherwise, no.

[POLOPOZOZO]

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;26888037]Hard to place into a stable solid, highly volatile as a gas.[/QUOTE]

There you go I knew there had to be some kind of catch.

[MrBob1337]

We can't possibly put this in our rockets, [b]IT COULD EXPLODE OR SOMETHING![/b]

[ExplodingGuy]

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;26893847]There you go I knew there had to be some kind of catch.[/QUOTE]
There's always a catch, anyways, as technology improves, this should be a thing of the past.

[JaffaOrange]

[QUOTE=Alvaldi;26881373]It doesn't use fossil fuels then?
[/QUOTE]

I don't think fossil fuels are used in rockets as the main propellant anyway.