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   Rick Jones to SeeBelow@seebelow.nut.retro.com   
   Re: Accumulate Fuel at Space Station?   
   11 Feb 04 23:55:29   
   
   From: foo@bar.baz.invalid.retro.com   
      
   SeeBelow@seebelow.nut.retro.com wrote:   
   > OTOH, if the fuel was two components, say oxygen and hydrogen, then   
   > neither oxygen tanks not hydrogen tanks are explosive on their own.   
   > To keep them cold in space mainly requires sheilding from sunlight.   
      
   Wasn't it an O2 (LOX?) tank that detonated on the Apollo 13 mission?   
      
   rick jones   
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