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T+10: Logan Kamperschroer on the Current State and Near Future of Storable Propellants

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English - June 29, 2016 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 268 ratings
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This week I talked to Logan Kamperschroer, a Graduate Research Assistant at the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. Logan’s research focuses on hypergolic rocket fuels—specifically the push to move away from the toxic storable propellants (hydrazine and its derivatives) to “greener” alternatives. We talked about the current state of storable propellants, and where things are going in the near future.

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