To: Rca2000
HOWEVER.... Hydrazine, which was, and still is, used in many hypergolic rocket engines(titan II, used them, as did the thrusters in the Apollo CSM, and satellites use it today,) Hydrazine is VERY dangerous!!!! As I have read, and heard, it is WAY more dangerous, to be around,. than hydrogen, or such. It gives off heavy fumes, and breathing just a whiff will kill!! It is good, when used with Nitrogen tetroxide for an oxidizer, in that it needs no spark to fire, but too dangerous to be handled by inexperienced persons.
Ouch, I think it was hydrazine, I'll have to look it up again. Don't ant to mess with that stuff, OI also heard it was corrosive, IIRC. My uncle worked on the Titan and Titan II's before his NASA days so I'm sure he worked with it at one time.
845 posted on
11/20/2005 7:25:49 PM PST by
Nowhere Man
("Nationalist Retard" and proud of it! Michael Savage for President in '08!)
To: Nowhere Man
Wow. I wonder what would be a good fuel in that case. LOL.
847 posted on
11/20/2005 7:38:23 PM PST by
Paul_Denton
(The U.S. should adopt the policy of Oom Shmoom: Israeli policy where no one gives a sh*t about U.N.)
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