Date:         Sun, 1 Mar 1998 19:22:45 EST
Reply-To:     Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
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From:         Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: re; smog sympathies
Comments: To: bayer@SYBASE.COM
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <9803020019.AA22895@moessel.sybase.com>; from "David Bayer" at
              Mar 1, 98 4:19 pm

>
>         The solid rocket booster's do burn some aliminum based compound
> if memory serves me correctly. The shuttle itself, produces steam and maybe
> a bit of nitrogen oxides which form around the edges of the exhuast jet
> as that should be quite hot (though I don't know if the same conditions that
> make nitrogen oxdies form in an enclosed space would be present on the
> edge of the exhaust jet)...
>
> dave
>
Dave,
Right, thanks.  Forgot about the solid boosters, guess they would throw
out some weird stuff :-)

But the shuttle itself is liquid-fueled, and as above, produces
steam/water vapor as exhaust.  Pretty neat.

--
Sean Bartnik
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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