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To: razorgirl

Rockets don't use petroleum...


12 posted on 12/02/2005 7:16:42 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps
Rockets don't use petroleum...

Some do use a very high grade of kerosene. The Saturn rockets of the Apollo program used it. A new company called SpaceX will use it for their rockets.

49 posted on 12/02/2005 8:20:02 PM PST by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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To: Army Air Corps
Rockets don't use petroleum...

Some do use petroleum products. Atlas burns kerosine; Delta burns hydrogen.

119 posted on 12/03/2005 9:57:10 AM PST by RightWhale (Not transferable -- Good only for this trip)
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