XPost: sci.space.shuttle, sci.space.policy   
   From: dietz@dls.net   
      
   Richard Schumacher wrote:   
      
   >>Or toward on-board reforming of the hydrocarbons into things like CO, H2,   
   and acetylene.   
   >   
   >   
   > You devil, you :_>  A way to make the vehicle even *more* difficult and   
   expensive!  Yes, the fans probably will   
   > try that tack.   
      
   You *do* know that endothermic reforming of JP-7 has already been   
   done in ground tests of scramjets, right?  The fuel was reformed in   
   a separate processor, not the engine itself, but the principle   
   is the same.   
      
   	Paul   
      
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