Re: Size of the proposed "new" space vehicle?


"tomcat" <jlavine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "tomcat" <jlavine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > Waveriders are now a proven technology. The Space Shuttle is a
> > > waverider. Nanotube cloth with the strength of steel, and 600 times
> > > lighter besides, exists. Atomic hydrogen rocket fuel with 5X thrust
> > > exists. The SSME (Space Shuttle Main Engine) exists.
> >
> >Jeff Findley wrote:
> > In the above paragraph, only the space shuttle and SSME's exist.
> > Furthermore, SSME's are designed to burn LH2 and LOX, not atomic
hydrogen
> > (even if you could produce and store atomic hydrogen).
>
>
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> Check the University of Texas at Dallas website on the nanotube cloth.
> It exists, though is not yet in mass production. It has fantastic
> specs.
>
> Check NASA's Glenn Research Center on the 'atomic hydrogen' fuel. You
> can download a PDF explaining the most recent developments.
>
> The SSME will need testing and, possibly, modification before it can
> burn the fuel. The fuel, however, as currently designed, should be
> cooler and easier to burn than standard Lh2.
>
> The production and storage of the 'atomic hydrogen' is actually quite
> simple. Simply pour a little hydrogen into liquid helium and store it
> in the liquid helium. Then, burn it in the helium. The liquid helium,
> you see, becomes part of the 5X thrust! Pretty neat. A new
> development.
>
>
> tomcat



Dude, yer totally smoking crack.




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