Brad Guth wrote:
Your knowledge of chemistry is more advanced than mine. Can 'salt' be
used for rockets in any way? Can it combine to make or improve rocket
fuel?
tomcat,
Actually, I know far less about salt than most. However, along with
H2O (even extremely salty h2o) is where almost anything becomes
possible. Without H2O is where most everything you can think of sucks,
especially when it comes down to being worthy as a good rocket fuel
formula, other than nuclear or fusion that shouldn't have to involve
elements of sodium, although perhaps the extremely powerful Rn--ion
engines can manage to incorporate salt for accomplishing something
that'll further benefit thrust.

There's all kinds of mineral salts, and there's no good reason to think
that our moon hasn't it's fair share of a good selection of salts to
chose from. Of whatever's in a given brine that's sequestered within
the moon should make it easier to modify those various salts into
something interesting.

What we need is a for real salt wizard to share and share alike, as
then from such expertise we'd each learn of something we could all use.
-
Brad Guth



Salt is necessary in the diet of people. So, if those are 'salt flats'
then yet another nutritional element has been found. The other
possibility is water ice. But it is North of where you would expect to
find it. Any other 'white' chemicals it might be?


tomcat