It turns out that old newsprint can be a bit explosive; at least when it’s combined with the proper ingredients. [Markus Bindhammer] worked out a way to make solid rocket propellant from newspaper.

NightHawkInLight Make A Hybrid Rocket Engine With Pasta, Hydrogen Peroxide, And Yeast Posted: March 27, 2025 | Last updated: March 27, 2025 Most simple rockets use a solid fuel engine which, once ...

It’s an extremely impressive piece of kit, and hopefully [Rocket Moonlighting] will release the CAD source so we can make our own. EDIT: [RM] tells me his engine cost less than $2000 to make.

has developed a proprietary copper-alloy material that can make an engine capable of withstanding the extreme thermal and mechanical loads of rocket launch and flight. The team has also developed ...