California-based Flometrics said commercial biodiesel fuel delivered nearly the same amount of thrust as conventional RP-1 fuel in test involving a RocketDyne LR-101 engine. The results are promising because biodiesel fuel is denser and less flammable than kerosene, but questions still remain whether it would have a positive impact on greenhouse gases.
Note! Nothing is mentioned or compared about the temperature of heat that the biodiesel would produce versus the temperatures from each of the two current rocket boosters that are 6,400 degrees F. , 12,800 degrees F total. That temperature is what the current liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen fuels emit on every launch. The 50 foot wide by 100 feet long flames from the two booster rockets on the shuttle are the reason why the ozone layer is being demolished.
Reduce the amount of launchings from NASA and the other 45 Space Agencies and that would surely have a positive effect on greenhouse gases being reduced significantly.
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