From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <40284536.41770D3B@shaw.ca>,   
     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.   
      
   True for oxygen, rather tricky for hydrogen (which has to be kept so much   
   colder, and which can tolerate so much less heat leakage, that being able   
   to store it without active refrigeration is questionable).   
      
   Kerosene, of course, is no problem.   
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