{"652695":{"#nid":"652695","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Rocket fuel for Mars could come from an organism in our gut","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThere are many types of rocket fuel.\u0026nbsp;Some are more useful on a particular planet. And some can be created by bacteria. A team from Georgia Tech has found a rocket fuel with an interesting mix of those characteristics that might be a focal point of in-situ resource utilization\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash; on Mars. 2.3 butanediol\u0026nbsp;might not be a household name like methane,\u0026nbsp;which is commonly used as rocket fuel on Earth. It\u0026rsquo;s primarily used in the manufacture of rubber products. But it does pack quite a punch when burned with liquid oxygen. Enough of a punch to be able to lift a spaceship into orbit on the Red Planet. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/peralta-yahya\/pamela\u0022\u003EPamela Peralta-Yahya\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, is part of the Georgia Tech research team. This report was also covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.brinkwire.com\/science\/on-mars-microbes-are-being-used-to-provide-biofuel-for-rockets\/\u0022\u003EBrinkwire\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/science\/microbes-could-fuel-human-mars-missions\/\u0022\u003EPopular Science\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-11-10 19:55:51","changed_gmt":"2021-11-12 16:57:31","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/australianonlinenews.com.au\/2021\/11\/08\/rocket-fuel-for-mars-could-come-from-an-organism-in-our-gut-inverse-canberra-online-news\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-11-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"94301","name":"Pamela Peralta-Yahya"},{"id":"189335","name":"2.3 butanediol"},{"id":"7057","name":"Mars"},{"id":"2056","name":"biofuel"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}