Asri-unix.1428 net.space utzoo!decvax!cca!MINSKY@MIT-AI@sri-unix Sun May 9 17:27:02 1982 MINSKY@MIT-AI 05/09/82 20:22:40 To: space at MIT-MC If you could flush the deuterium from the shuttle hydrogen fuel, you'd gain .00007 in impulse. Easy way to gain a few pounds of payload. I bet you could get rid of half the deuterium pretty easily. Almost surely not worth it, though? ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.