Re: How Rockets Differ From Jets

in article 1130189256.046701.224560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tomcat at
jlavine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/24/05 2:27 PM:

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> A spaceplane with 11 SSME's would have 5.5 million pounds of thrust at
> full throttle in space. That is a lot of thrust. Combined with a very
> light dry weight it just about could work 'magic'.

Unless your craft weighs more than one million lbs full throttle will likely
kill everyone on board.

<snip>

George Evans

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