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This Startup Thinks It Can Make Rocket Fuel From Water. Stop Laughing


General Galactic, cofounded by a former SpaceX engineer, plans to test its water-based propellant this fall. If successful, it could help usher in a new era of space travel. That's a big “if.”

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