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To: gundog

A good point. However, if the water started out liquid at takeoff, all you would need is good insulation, plus a *very very small* feed of energy from the rocket motors.


17 posted on 07/26/2018 12:46:49 AM PDT by John Locke
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To: John Locke

That presumes Earth-sourced water, doesn’t it? The shuttle’s max payload would have been about 6,500 gallons of water. How much would be needed?


18 posted on 07/26/2018 4:34:17 AM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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