Sweet Way to Fuel Rockets

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ROCKETS can run on toffee, a scientist has proved. Jem Stansfield demonstrated a hybrid rocket powered by the sweet on BBC1's Bang Goes The Theory.

The rocket was capable of powering a bicycle ridden by Mr Stansfield at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Hybrid rockets require nothing more than a cheap solid that burns and a gas - in this case nitrous oxide - to provide oxygen, he said.

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Sweet Way to Fuel Rockets

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