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Bacteria for Blastoff: Using Microbes to Make Supercharged New Rocket Fuel
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07-02-2022, 09:09 AM
Explanation: Wow! ...

Bacteria for Blastoff: Using Microbes to Make Supercharged New Rocket Fuel

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Quote:Converting petroleum into fuels involves crude chemistry first invented by humans in the 1800s. Meanwhile, bacteria have been producing carbon-based energy molecules for billions of years. Which do you think is better at the job?

Well aware of the advantages biology has to offer, a group of biofuel experts led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) took inspiration from an extraordinary antifungal molecule made by Streptomyces bacteria to develop a totally new type of fuel that has projected energy density greater than the most advanced heavy-duty fuels used today, including the rocket fuels used by NASA.

Please read the full story at the source link linked above.

Personal Disclosure: Amazing!

I wonder what both Elon Musk and Scott Manley would have to say about this technology's potential uses and pro and cons that go with it?

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07-02-2022, 09:51 PM
(07-02-2022, 09:09 AM)OmegaLogos Wrote: Explanation: Wow! ...

Bacteria for Blastoff: Using Microbes to Make Supercharged New Rocket Fuel

Quote:Converting petroleum into fuels involves crude chemistry first invented by humans in the 1800s. Meanwhile, bacteria have been producing carbon-based energy molecules for billions of years. Which do you think is better at the job?

Well aware of the advantages biology has to offer, a group of biofuel experts led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) took inspiration from an extraordinary antifungal molecule made by Streptomyces bacteria to develop a totally new type of fuel that has projected energy density greater than the most advanced heavy-duty fuels used today, including the rocket fuels used by NASA.

Please read the full story at the source link linked above.

Personal Disclosure: Amazing!

I wonder what both Elon Musk and Scott Manley would have to say about this technology's potential uses and pro and cons that go with it?

minusculebeercheers

Yea, I wonder the same too.

From your link:
Quote:Since publishing their proof-of-concept paper, the scientists have begun work to increase the bacteria’s production efficiency even further to generate enough for combustion testing.

Elon: 'Interesting; let's see the results.'
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