From: mvp@web1.calweb.com   
      
   In article <8c156f9c-67f7-4c42-b711-590556787cc2@googlegroups.com>,   
   nuny@bid.nes  wrote:   
   >As for the oxidizer, considerations other than expense and   
   >efficiency come into play in the real world. For instance,   
   >fluorine is a much better oxidizer than oxygen, but I'd rather   
   >gasoline-fluorine rockets weren't launched from my planet.   
      
   Chlorine trifluoride is even better, and is storable non-   
   cryogenic, to boot.  Of course, the "Not on *MY* planet!"   
   thing still applies.   
      
   Liquid Ozone would have marvelous ISP, if only it didn't   
   self-detonate "just because it feels like it".   
      
   I tend to want to avoid substances on Dr. Derek Lowe's   
   "Things I Won't Work With" list.   
      
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