Launch Costs

please double check your figures - while the oxidizer makes a major
difference with the same amount of fuel - a few hundred gallons will
only get a major passenger liner to the end of the runway - they use
a few hundred thousand pounds of fuel.

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote:
>
> the difference is that the aircraft may carry a few hundred
gallons
> of fuel. where as the rocket would be carrying 10000 pounds of
fuel
> AND oxidixers. they mix in a crash and they ignite and burn in a
> split second. in an aircraft crash, the fuel takes minutes to burn
> due to the fact that it has to bring in the oxygen (heated air
rises,
> bringing in more air with more o2).
>
> the military discovered that making bigger booms does not make the
> explosion that much bigger unless you add the oxidizer with it.
> that's why they developed the aerosol bomb. it mixes the vaporized
> explosive with oxigen over a large area making it an extreamly
large
> bomb, without having to have the bomb itself much bigger.
>
> we're not talking about not going to space, we talking about mass
> producing them at a lvl that will make them a lot cheaper. the way
of
> making them cheaper is to not do quality controls.
>
> --- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "levi1_ca" wrote:
> >
> > with all this talk about a rocket hitting a city - it is not
> desired
> > but you could compare it to a major passenger aircraft - several
of
> > these have hit a city and the city still stands - granted there
> were
> > deaths involved but not much more than a few blocks were heavily
> > damaged - far less than what would happen if we did nothing and
let