[AR] Re: asteroid mining (was Re: This is cool.)

  • From: Doug Jones <rocketplumber@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 20:09:43 -0700

Nah, the density is too high, and thermal conductivity too low. You
wouldn't want the coolant passages to be catalytic, either...

On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 7:23 PM Robert Steinke <robert.steinke@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 4:10 PM Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Sat, 15 Aug 2020, Michael Clive wrote:


Like, how would the world change for the better if Pt was as cheap as
aluminum?

Platinum would be a great catalyst for peroxide rocketry if it wasn't so
bloody expensive. :-)

Henry


If platinum were as cheap as aluminum you could 3D print your whole
peroxide engine out of it with an integral catalyst bed.

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