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   Mike Van Pelt to errickstarks@gmail.com   
   Re: Reaction Control Systems on Futurist   
   20 Jul 18 20:22:30   
   
   From: mvp@web1.calweb.com   
      
   In article <22825c81-46b2-4516-869e-0d5decfab151@googlegroups.com>,   
     wrote:   
   >As a side bonus, heavy water has a density of 1,107 kg per cubic   
   >meter instead of deutrium's 169 kg per cubic meter. This means   
   >that your ship can be built to naval ship density instead of   
   >being a giant balloon, which makes it easier to radiation shield   
   >and armor.   
      
   And that heavy water has 221 kg of deuterium per cubic meter.   
   That's right, you can put more deuterium into a tank as part   
   of a compound of heavy water than you can put deuterium alone.   
      
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