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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!charnel!rat!zeus!jgreen
  2. From: jgreen@zeus.calpoly.edu (James Thomas Green)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.space
  4. Subject: Re: 2001/2010 Rocket Engines - What are they?
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.201809.156515@zeus.calpoly.edu>
  6. Date: 22 Jan 93 20:18:09 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan21.102943.5124@abo.fi> <1993Jan21.120247.11867@abo.fi> <1993Jan21.110438.1@fnalf.fnal.gov>
  8. Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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  11. I seem to recall that the reaction fluid was liquid NH3.   I
  12. would imagine that it would disassociate under that kind of 
  13. temperature and get the extra boost that H ions would give.
  14.