Museum of Science, Boston

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December 23, 2009

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Space travel requires a lot of fuel; a single space shuttle launch requires almost 4 million pounds. A group of students and professors from Purdue and Penn State are exploring ways to lighten the load for future rocket missions, and they have developed a new fuel that could make it possible to stop at the Moon for a fill up. Watch this videocast to find out more.