Xref: utzoo sci.space.shuttle:2145 sci.space:8704 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!mjbtn!root From: root@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US (Mark J. Bailey) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,sci.space Subject: Re: Fuel based explosions [was: Re: USSR and the Moon ] Summary: but the fire burned much cooler! Message-ID: <368@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US> Date: 5 Dec 88 13:10:27 GMT References: <880@cernvax.UUCP> <18263@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <18420@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <3055@sugar.uu.net> Organization: JobSoft Design & Development, Murfreesboro, TN Lines: 25 I saw a show on Nova (I think) about "Why Planes Burn", and they had a detailed look at that test with the experimental fuel. While the plane did burst into flames and burned like nobody's business, after it was out and they went to inspect it, many commented that it did not appear as damaged as plane wrecks normally appear. In fact, the fire had failed to melt down the fusalage (sp?). It was believed and then tested that the new fuel mixture did in fact burn at a lower temperature than normal fuel, and thus, the fire did not penetrate the plane's body. It is believed that this alone may have resulted in much fewer casualties. The had cameras inside the aircraft the whole time, and minus smoke, the people were not particularly burned (that is the DUMMY people :-) severely. I grant you that this is not exactly what they were looking for, but any step in that direction is the way to go. It is sort of like the cure for cancer...no miracles, just slow, but valuable, progress. Mark. -- Mark J. Bailey "Y'all com bak naw, ya hear!" USMAIL: 511 Memorial Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN 37129 ___________________________ VOICE: +1 615 893 4450 / +1 615 893 0098 | JobSoft UUCP: ...!{ames,mit-eddie}!killer!mjbtn!mjb | Design & Development Co. DOMAIN: mjb@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US | Murfreesboro, TN USA