On 3/16/07, Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

There is also the claim (unsubstantiated) that NASA is already using
polyoxygen, and will be accelerating that use, but that seems unlikely,
as the last shuttle launch still had the foam insulation - and something
as basic as a "new fuel" would leak out (the news, not the diozone)

IANARS but I seriously doubt that you can take an engine designed for
leaded fuel and just pump in unleaded.  I think shuttle's engines,
pumps, etc would require some significant rework.

Terry
<stuck in Montreal with an intimate understanding of why it is called
"the great white north">

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