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Title: bacteria eats toilet water, makes me-163s go
Post by: Octavius on November 15, 2005, 04:50:13 AM

neato link expanding on the funky thread title. (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/11/1109_051109_rocketfuel.html?source=rss)

vastly more efficient waste treatment with benefits!  so bacteria keen on ammonia float around, input ammonia and output hydrazine.  any ammonia result from fecal matter or just urine?

Methanol and hydrazine hydrate, also known as c-stoff, was used in the Me163's "hot" engine.  It isnt the most stable form of rocket fuel and has a tendency to explode, so like the article says, NASA prolly wont be using it.

anyone in rotterdam know any more about the new waste treatment?

Title: bacteria eats toilet water, makes me-163s go
Post by: Hawklore on November 15, 2005, 10:25:28 AM

Whats it's likeability to explode in space though?

If we can launch it without it exploding, could use it as re-positioning fuel..

Title: bacteria eats toilet water, makes me-163s go
Post by: capt. apathy on November 15, 2005, 05:23:48 PM

doesn't need to to be stable enough to travel.

just feed it to a co-gen plant (gas-turbine electric generator, with a conventional steam powered plant hooked to the exaust to use the waste heat) and you get free power for the cost of.....

Title: bacteria eats toilet water, makes me-163s go
Post by: nirvana on November 15, 2005, 06:21:18 PM

I thought C stoff only exploded when combined with T stoff, this was of course in controlled amounts in the 163.  Am I wrong?


Oh and because it's unstable how would it handle shuttle lift offs?  They are quite shaky aren't they?