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|    Norman Silverstone to All    |
|    Re: 72 kw - 3N Ion Engine    |
|    23 Dec 04 07:18:27    |
      From: norman@littletank.org              snip              > And indeed, the big snag is availability. If you want a thousand tons of       > xenon, you simply can't get it in any reasonable amount of time. Even a       > hundred tons would be problematic unless you order years ahead. This is       > essentially independent of the price you're willing to pay; even if you       > outbid everyone else, there simply isn't that much production capacity.               As a matter of interest could anyone say how much Xenon is actually        available and, when it is removed from the air, how is it replaced.              Norman              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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