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- From: gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven)
- Subject: Re: More Cesium facts.
- Message-ID: <BuC247.3pC@wrs.com>
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- Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
- References: <18lu32INN379@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 22:50:30 GMT
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- In article 18lu32INN379@agate.berkeley.edu, The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics writes:
- >The metal has
- >recently found application in ion propulsion systems. Although these
- >are not usable in the earth's atmosphere, 1 lb of cesium in outer
- >space theoretically will propel a vehicle 140 times as far as the
- >burning of the same amount of any known liquid or solid.
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- That last sentence doesn't make any sense at all. Maybe cesium will
- provide 140 times more acceleration than (some unspecified fuel), but
- once your vehicle starts moving, it's going to keep moving more or less
- until something stops it. (Right, Isaac?)
-
- What do they have to say about triply-ionized hydrogen? (I like it as
- a floor wax _and_ a dessert topping!)
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- gak
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- I don't know what system you use, you might try vodka in Evian bottles. Some
- people like cream in their morning coffee, I spike mine with a little JD.
- Mickey's Big Mouths are an excellent choice, you can use the empty bottles as a
- desktop vase. -Hoodlum Empire "Get Drunk At Work"
- Richard Stueven gak@wrs.com attmail!gakhaus!gak 107/H/3&4
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