From: tap-sa@removeluukku.com.invalid.retro.com   
      
   > kerosene.  I got to wondering why they weren't used in motors - are   
   > they tough to manufacture, or toxic, or difficult to obtain, or   
   > something else...?  Anyone?   
      
   Shock and heat from turbopump/regenerative cooling would propably explode   
   nitromethane because it contains oxygen. Price is also prohibitive, at   
   least an order of magnitude higher than basic RP-1/kerosene.   
      
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   Antti Toiviainen   
      
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