by Marshall Brain | November 27, 2007
Make your own home made rocket fuel from sugar and potassium nitrate:
If you have never seen it before, it seems weird to make rocket fuel out of sugar, but it is actually a respectable hobby:
- Candy Propellant Experiments
- Making Rockets That Really Fly
- Sugar shot to space – “The first amateur rocket with amateur propellant to reach space.”
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