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|    Des Kavanagh to All    |
|    Re: What is the cheapest rocket fuel & o    |
|    23 May 17 13:08:33    |
      9cb3b706       From: desmondkavanagh@gmail.com              As a previous poster wrote, specific impulse is the way to go. $/kg in orbit       basicly. Long time since I looked at this, but if memory serves, for       relatively low masses (and without safety considerations) unsymmetrical       dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) + nitrogen        tetroxide (N2O4) or LOX is a good combination.              For large masses (hundreds of thousands of tons), Orion is a no brainer, but       the greenies and PC'ers shut that down half a century ago.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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