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Re: Physics help (I found it!)
- To: KellySt@aol.com, kgstar@most.fw.hac.com, stevev@efn.org, jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu, zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl, hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu, rddesign@wolfenet.com, David@InterWorld.com, lparker@destin.gulfnet.com, DotarSojat@aol.com, neill@foda.math.usu.edu, 101765.2200@compuserve.com, MLEN3097@Mercury.GC.PeachNet.EDU
- Subject: Re: Physics help (I found it!)
- From: T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl (Timothy van der Linden)
- Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 23:51:17 +0100
Kevin:
>Timothy:
>> Kelly:
>>>No, my Explorer design doesn't use on board fuel for accell out of the sol
>>>system, or return decel. A bigger problem Is I forgot the 2e7 exaust
>>>velocity was for a He3 system which obviously isn't very feasable for 17
>>>years of onboard storage. (Liquid helium is incredibly good at geting out of
>>>sealed containers.) I havent bothered to try to figure out the numbers for
>>>Li6 fueled system yet. But I remembered they sounded bad.
>>
>>Keep in mind that the temperature where Helium becomes fluid and the
>>temperature where Helium becomes superfluid are not the same, there is a
>>difference of about 2 degrees between them.
>
>I think maybe Kelly was refering to the half-life of tritium, rather than the
>superfluid properties.
Why then is he worring about liquid Helium being incredibly good at getting
out of sealed containers?
Tim