On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Ben Zarzycki wrote:
> > H2O2 is an oxidizer / monoprop, paraffin is a fuel...
>
> So, ERPS only wants to deal with monoprops?
No, but ERPS prefers non-cryogenic propellants, and thinks peroxide is the
best (translation: the only sane choice) of the non-cryogenic oxidizers.
And if you are working with peroxide, using it as a monoprop is the way to
get started.
Availability and cost problems may eventually require reconsidering this,
but so far it is working.
> ...I just thought
> that safety would be very important too. A lot less can go wrong when your
> oxidizer and fuel are separate. Or at least, what goes wrong will not
> likely be as dramatic. =)
Despite being a monopropellant, peroxide is noticeably the safest of the
strong oxidizers. Cryogenic fluids can produce quite nasty gas-pressure
explosions without reacting with anything at all...
Henry Spencer
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