Re: How Rockets Differ From Jets

"tomcat" <jlavine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> Strength per weight is a lousy measure of
:> your vehicle being 'stronger' unless you're looking at using something
:> close to comparable weights as you would steel.
:
:
:Strength per weight is simply a formula. You can see it as 600 times
:lighter than steel on an equal strength basis, or as being 600 times
:stronger than steel on an equal weight basis.
:
:By comparison, Kevlar is 5 times stronger than steel on an equal weight
:basis. Nanotube fabric can take more heat than Kevlar as well.
:
:Laminate nanotube fabric with graphite epoxy and an almost 'magical'
:hull material is born. This laminated fabric could be used throughout
:the spaceplane to strengthen and lighten the spaceplane beyond any
:other material known.

And just what holds it all together, Tomcat? Elmers?

Engineering isn't magic. Get some training.

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