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Subject: Re: Throttling the Challenger
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Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 22:30:00 EST
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> [...] why is there a greater ratio than 2 parts H to
> one part O? I would think that the extra hydrogen would be unconsumed making
> the engine less efficient than it could be... What am I missing?
> 

Molecular weight?  Sure, you need two H atoms per O atom, but O weighs
in at ~16 and H is ~1.

> 
> 
> Phil Biehl

I know how it goes -- I got a C in Freshman Chemistry, too. ;}

-- Ken Jenks, MS: Aero/Astro Engineering, BS: Computer Science, UIUC

		Looking for job in space.  Help, anyone?

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