From: "Robert Comer" 

> Yes but that's not how they are looking at it. It's not a take nuke power
and
> convert it to some other storage form, it's take some other stored form
(like
> oil) and convert it to hydrogen.

For now, yes, it's up to us to change their minds. 

> On a related note, I was reading about the oxygen bursts in saturns rings
the
> other day. They said they think it was caused by water/ice molecules being
> bombarded with ions which causes the water to disassociate into hydrogen
and
> oxygen.
>
> I found this an interesting fact, and my first thought was what would
happen if
> you injected a water spray into an ion engine's output and ignited it.
Water
> powered spaceship?

That is interesting -- maybe a more efficient way of processing water into
hydrogen too, right now that's the most expensive part energy wise.

> I found this an interesting fact, and my first thought was what would
happen if
> you injected a water spray into an ion engine's output and ignited it.
Water
> powered spaceship?

Hmm, might be tough to carry that much water, but there was a SF book about
harnessing hydrogen from a gas giant as an interstellar drive -- seem like
latching onto keiper object might make a pretty decent fuel tank.

- Bob Comer



"Geo."  wrote in message news:40e9840b{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:40e94311$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> > Yep, but hydrogen's a nice storage medium or that nuclear energy until
we
> > can all have a Mr. Fusion powering our cars...
>
> Yes but that's not how they are looking at it. It's not a take nuke power
and
> convert it to some other storage form, it's take some other stored form
(like
> oil) and convert it to hydrogen.
>
> On a related note, I was reading about the oxygen bursts in saturns rings
the
> other day. They said they think it was caused by water/ice molecules being
> bombarded with ions which causes the water to disassociate into hydrogen
and
> oxygen.
>
> I found this an interesting fact, and my first thought was what would
happen if
> you injected a water spray into an ion engine's output and ignited it.
Water
> powered spaceship?
>
> Geo.
>
>

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