To: RightWhale
I found out about the KIWI and its descendants shortly after I reinvented the concept in high school chemistry class.
IIRC, it had a thrust to mass ratio of more than double that of the best MODERN chemical rocket.
true?
50 posted on
09/24/2005 11:07:27 AM PDT by
King Prout
(19sep05 - I want at least 2 Saiga-12 shotguns. If you have leads, let me know)
To: King Prout
Right. It should be a factor of ten times more efficient, but it is only about double. Still, that would make the difference between Apollo and Buck Rogers.
52 posted on
09/24/2005 11:10:58 AM PDT by
RightWhale
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To: King Prout
true? False. Kiwi/Nerva had some of the worst thrust-to-weight ratios of any rocket engines ever built.
101 posted on
09/28/2005 12:18:45 PM PDT by
boris
(The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a leftist with a word processor.)
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