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| | | James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FMt9In.55E@lugnet.com... (...) boosters (...) motors (...) burn (...) solid, (...) much (...) into (...) 1G (...) rocket, a (...) difference (...) Wow!..My first job was designing (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Transit Time to Mars —Terry King
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| | | | I think the problem with long-burn-time solid fuel engines is that the nozzle heats up so much that it erodes rapidly. Typical liquid-fueled engines cool the nozzle with the fuel just before it's burned. IsThere some Space-Age (Pardon the ancient (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Transit Time to Mars —Patrick Justison
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| | | | (...) Yes, a form of carbon called Diamond would do the trick. But what do you attach to the diamond is still a problem, as it is an excelent heat conductor and would melt most materials you attach to it. Pat Justison (1.5 years until PhD in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Transit Time to Mars —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) I have another ignorant question, relating to a half-remembered tidbit from my Chem1 class in high school, way back when the periodic table consisted of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. I seem to remember something about diamond reverting (my (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Transit Time to Mars —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | (...) My first true glove... But that's immaterial to the discussion. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | Re: Transit Time to Mars —James Brown
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| | | | (...) Aww, Jeremy, now you're just needling him. Or am I posting to the wrong thread? James (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | Re: Transit Time to Mars —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | (...) I'm a frayed knot. Actually, that reminds me of a long yarn someone once told me. Although it took a while, it was a rather thimble story. Jeff (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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