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To: NorthMountain
LH2 is a fine fuel, widely used for decades without any real trouble.

It needs to be used where it's appropriate. You can't store it long term and it's thrust is lousy. Works great for a second stage where you need all the specific impulse to build speed but not so much thrust.

One thing the space shuttle should have taught is that parallel staging is downright dangerous. But using hydrogen to get off the ground forces you to do it, and use solids to make up for the inadequate thrust.

72 posted on 09/06/2022 8:02:54 PM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: hopespringseternal

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78 posted on 09/06/2022 8:30:37 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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