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To: Tarantulas
You need foam on the tank because without it, condensation flash freezes and adds tons of ice to vehicle. Florida on the beach is sort of humid.

Double wall= twice the weight, + 14 psi on the OUTSIDE of the tank, which is weaker, structurally, than pressure on the inside. Ever crush a beer can? It takes 50+ psi to make one explode.

Heating the tank raises the temperature of the wall, causing the LOX and liquid hydrogen to boil. Boiling = excess pressure = BOOM!

Thinking outside the box can bite you on the fanny...

102 posted on 07/28/2005 1:48:40 PM PDT by jonascord (What is better than the wind at 6 O'clock on the 600 yard line?)
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To: jonascord

An outer wall need not be pressure tight -- all it need be is enough to keep the foam inside from shedding away during launch.


132 posted on 08/01/2005 4:47:55 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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