Isro working on green fuels like hydrogen peroxide for rockets
The
Indian space rockets are set to go green as ISRO is working to replace its
existing hazardous fuel with non-hazardous and environment- friendly fuels for
its rockets and satellites, the ISRO Chairman said.
He also
said that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking at
green propulsion through hydrogen peroxide in its rocket that would take
Indians into the space under its 'Gaganyaan' mission.
"Since
humans will be inside the rocket, we want only non-hazardous fuel and not the
hazardous one to power the human space mission's Gaganyaan rocket," ISRO chief K Sivan, who is also Secretary
in Department of Space, told IANS.
According
to him, ISRO is also looking at rocket engines powered by hydrogen peroxide as
a mono-propellant or as a bi-propellant along with ethanol.
ISRO is
also developing another green fuel - LOX/Methane- liquid oxygen as oxidiser and
methane as fuel. Read More
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