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|    Paul F. Dietz to bob    |
|    Re: Heat exchanger laser launch    |
|    20 May 05 18:46:44    |
      From: dietz@dls.net              bob wrote:              > No. Airbreathing just does not make sense. Once you run the       > numbers, it just not worth the weight. The T/W ratio is two low,       > your not in any air long enough etc. Stage and 1/2 designs make more       > sense. But this has created *very* long threads here and we are       > already OT. So no more about that here.              I meant specifically for a laser launcher, where you may be limited       by the power of the laser.               Paul              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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