--- Randall Clague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2003 00:30:39 -0700, Pierce Nichols > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It shouldn't be that hard if you can clear all the > propellant from the > >tanks before impact. > > You have time to dump all the propellants, but you > don't have time to > get the engines lit?
Not a matter of time. A matter of "main exhaust mechanism - the engine - plugged or otherwise unusable, so use backup". Then again, if the engines are out anyway, perhaps you could get some thrust to counter gravity (albeit at a much lower Isp - which is okay, since you'd have a much lower burn time) just by venting high-pressure but unignighted propellant in the same general direction. _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
