From: jimdavis2@earthlink.net   
      
   The following small item appeared in the Feb, 1967 (V9,N2) issue of   
   "Spaceflight":   
      
   "United Technology Center scientists have announced the successful   
   test-firing of a small rocket motor which uses water as an oxidant in   
   conjunction with a solid fuel. Combustion occurs instantaneouslywhen   
   water is sprayed into the hollow core of the solid fuel grain.   
   Chemicals in the fuel react violently with the water, generating   
   4000°F gases which are expelled through a nozzle to produce thrust.   
   Composition of the fuel is being kept secret."   
      
   Is the composition still secret almost 40 years later? Does anyone   
   have any thoughts on what elements this solid fuel would have to   
   have?   
      
   I half suspect that the water is acting as a catalyst/working fluid   
   and not as an oxidizer.   
      
   Jim Davis   
      
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