[AR] Re: Way OT question: degerate matter thrusters?
- From: "Monroe L. King Jr." <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:12:00 -0700
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> Subject: [AR] Re: Way OT question: degerate matter thrusters?
> From: "Galejs, Robert - 1007 - MITLL" <galejs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, February 18, 2015 1:10 pm
> To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> So why is supercritical steam "better" than air?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Monroe L. King Jr.
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 3:01 PM
> To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AR] Re: Way OT question: degerate matter thrusters?
>
> Well so does HP air. Unless your using just a plain ol jet engine like a
> ramjet. That would be HP air also.
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [AR] Re: Way OT question: degerate matter thrusters?
> > From: "Galejs, Robert - 1007 - MITLL" <galejs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, February 18, 2015 12:55 pm
> > To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > Supercritical steam does not require heavy tankage?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monroe L. King Jr.
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 2:47 PM
> > To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [AR] Re: Way OT question: degerate matter thrusters?
> >
> > I think Supercritical steam would be better than air. High pressures
> > require heavy tankage.
> >
> > Monroe
> >
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > Subject: [AR] Way OT question: degerate matter thrusters?
> > > From: "Galejs, Robert - 1007 - MITLL" <galejs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Wed, February 18, 2015 12:35 pm
> > > To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >
> > > I know this is way off-topic, but it has always had me wondering and
> > > it seems like Arocket has the appropriate knowledge base to address
> > > this (or, at least wildly speculate).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In some of Larry Niven's sci-fi stories, he imagines rocket
> > > thrusters (between the ground and orbit) based on super-compressed
> > > air (supposedly "nearly degenerate matter"). Would such thrusters
> > > theoretically work, or are there some thermodynamic (or other
> > > physics) limitations that come into play?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Robert
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