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From: mikemr@microsoft.UUCP (Michael MRAZ)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.space,sci.engr
Subject: Re: The Ariane V36 failure (was Re: Ariane launches ON TIME! (again))
Summary: water??
Keywords: ESA, Ariane
Message-ID: <59084@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 90 18:08:16 GMT
References: <1990Nov6.192118.6012@cc.ic.ac.uk> <1990Nov9.145517.1891@cc.ic.ac.uk> <1990Nov10.151130.29117@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
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I'd sure like to know what water is doing in a propulsion system.
I don't know anything about the Ariane, but I've never heard
of water used for anything other than cooling the pad or quenching
astronaut/cosmonaut thirsts. ;->  Can anyone enlighten me, please?