Researchers have tossed around theoretical calculations of using just aluminum and water for rocket propellant in the past.

研究者在过去辗转不安的进行理论计算，仅仅只用铝和水作为火箭燃料。

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The asteroid would need to posses water so that colonists could extract oxygen and hydrogen for rocket fuel.

这颗小行星将需要具备水使殖民者可以提取氢和氧的火箭燃料。

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Proof that the moon is dynamic and not a dry, desolate world offers hope for a possible future astronaut outpost where water on site could be used for drinking or making rocket fuel.

证明月球是有活力的不是一个干旱荒凉的世界，给予将来建设有饮用水和火箭燃料的航天员哨站很大希望。

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Water is rocket fuel.

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But Mr. Ergen doesn't discount the role of luck, which may be why he has several bottles of feng shui water in his office and says he has "feng shui-ed" with rituals for luck all his satellite launches since Dish first sent a satellite into the sky in 1996 on a Chinese rocket that was charmed by auspicious Chinese water and chants.

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Oxygen could be derived from ilmanite reserves there and water could be extracted to make rocket fuel or sustain life on a base.

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