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0 pointsanamax14y ago0 comments

> Couldn't you use electricity to separate hydrogen and oxygen from water, and then "burn" that in the rockets to produce water again?

How does the energy/pound and energy/CC compare to decent rocket fuel?

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marvin14y ago

Liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen is the most efficient chemical rocket fuel possible. Most famously used by the Space Shuttle Main Engines.

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