Xref: utzoo sci.space.shuttle:2139 sci.space:8683 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!mailrus!ncar!ames!oliveb!sun!concertina!fiddler From: fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,sci.space Subject: Re: USSR and the Moon [was "Beyond the Energia crisis"] Keywords: Soviet/American shuttle comparison Message-ID: <80154@sun.uucp> Date: 5 Dec 88 23:39:43 GMT References: <880@cernvax.UUCP> <18263@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <18420@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <2735@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Sender: news@sun.uucp Lines: 13 In article <2735@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>, doug@primo.hig.hawaii.edu (Doug Myhre) writes: > In article <79302@sun.uucp>, fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) writes: > >Have you ever heard about a fuel/air bomb? Small charge speads out > >an aerosol of some liquid fuel, then an igniter sets off the cloud. > >Extremely potent for a given weight of bomb. > > I would think that the initial explosion would ignite the fuel before > it's had a chance to spread out that fine. As long as the initiator produces more shock than heat, until enough air mixes with the fuel, there won't be an explosion. A lot like setting up conditions for a grain silo explosion. (Or disposing of weevil-infested flour in a burning incinerator. Don't ask.)