[Markus Bindhammer] worked out a way to make solid rocket propellant from newspaper ... t suit you maybe cooking up a batch of sugar-based propellant is worth a try?

[KoD] and [Navic] are building solid propellant motors using sugar and potassium nitrate. They cook up the two ingredients along with water and a bonding agent. They find that corn syrup is ...

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