[AR] Re: SV: Re: Nitrating C60

  • From: Derek Lyons <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:16:16 -0700

That's the one!
On Mar 13, 2015 5:57 PM, "Jorge R. Frank" <jrfrank@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Think Derek and Jon were remembering this discussion:
>
> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sci.space.tech/MgiA0x5NjxQ/RA93fr7VmTEJ>
>
> It was about Ozone-15, but looks like you and John Schilling have managed
> to make it even more scary since then.
>
> On 03/13/2015 12:04 PM, George Herbert wrote:
>
>>
>> Ozone-14, O14 has half life 70 s (versus 122 for O15) and is slightly
>> lighter.
>>
>> O14 decays via the Beta-plus mechanism to N14, giving NO2 which is known
>> hypergolic with Ozone.
>>
>> This was a coproduct of my and John Schilling's imaginations...
>>
>>
>> George William Herbert
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Mar 13, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Jonathan Goff <jongoff@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:jongoff@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>  You thinking of Ozone-15?
>>>
>>> ~Jon
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Derek Lyons <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:fairwater@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     While funny as heck, that's actually not the one...
>>>
>>>     On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 5:00 AM, Keld Laursen <kl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>     <mailto:kl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>     > Some of the story is available here:
>>>     > http://www.spacebanter.com/archive/index.php?t-54580.html
>>>     >
>>>     > From my site, it seems like the original site is gone or
>>>     unreachable:
>>>     > http://www.retro.com/hooocch/acezone.html
>>>     >
>>>     > /Keld Laursen
>>>     > Danish Space Challenge
>>>     >
>>>     > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>>>     > Fra: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>     <mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>     [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>     <mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] På
>>>     > vegne af Jim Davis
>>>     > Sendt: 13. marts 2015 12:13
>>>     > Til: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>     > Emne: [AR] Re: Nitrating C60
>>>     >
>>>     > Search for HOOCCH or HOOOCCH or some such. The exact number of
>>>     Os and Cs
>>>     > escapes me.
>>>     >
>>>     > Sent from my iPad
>>>     >
>>>     >> On Mar 13, 2015, at 2:28 AM, Derek Lyons <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx
>>>     <mailto:fairwater@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>     >>
>>>     >>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Dave McMillan
>>>     <skyefire@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:skyefire@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>>     > wrote:
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>    Well, as long as we're talking about purely *theoretical*
>>>     >>> fuels.... :)
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>
>>>     >> I wish I could remember the one that George Herbert once
>>>     proposed - a
>>>     >> radioactive monopropellant, IIRC it had a half life of fifteen
>>>     minutes
>>>     >> and was hypergolic with it's daughter product.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> D.
>>>     >>
>>>     >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

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