[TML] lifeboats

[Kirk Bailey]

it's easy to store ihydrogen peroxide, in a safe manner at that. It can be 
stabilized. And the hardware to properly  store and handle it is off the 
shelf. Not your ace hardware plumbing supply shelf, but it's off the shelf- 
for NASA. It's been done with much success. For thatmatter, PLASTIC is 
completely immune to h2o2, so toss it into a plastic bag. The metal tank 
makes a nuce stiff hull section to mount a thruster on the arse end of however.

The decay reaction generates heat, steam, and oxygen, period.  Build stuff 
out of good stainless steel and after assembly, flush a nice polyurethane 
solution through the system, and it's a winner For non man-rated missions, 
skip the polyurethane coating, good stainless is fine.  If the concentration 
is not more than 85%, a simple silver plated injector works fine in rocket 
engines or steam generators, EXPERIENCE PROVEN FACT.


shadow at shadowgard.com wrote:
> On 18 Sep 2007 at 12:18, Kirk Bailey wrote:
> 
>> Note that high grade peroxide has been used for rocket fuel with success- 
>> silver plated injectors do the trick of catylizing the reaction.   A small 
>> converter feeds the steam/oxy mix to a turbine to spin a generator, an 
>> condensor fini deliver foaming water with oxy  to a cyntrifucual seperator 
>> seperates into water and oxygen; mount the entire thing ona pivot at the 
>> center of mass and it's how you can pivvot the ship without reaction mass 
>> being used, as it is a gyroscope inherently.  Toss in a mounted laptop tied 
>> in to a radio direction finder, basic radar, and a pulse mode beascon, and 
>> you have a working lifeboat.
> 
> High concentration hydrogen peroxide is far too hazardous to use in a 
> lifeboat. It reacts with way too many impurities. And the reaction 
> after a leak would likely kill the occupants of the lifeboat.
> 
> --
> Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
> shadow at shadowgard dot com
> 
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