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Well, cough, if rocketry is involved then reaction mass is being expended somewhere somehow... whatever the underlying chemistry may be... so it is a finite res
by qubex 9y ago
Well, cough, if rocketry is involved then reaction mass is being expended somewhere somehow... whatever the underlying chemistry may be... so it is a finite resource that is subject to depletion...
- maxerickson 9y agoOh relax. They are used to steer and not used frequently, so the fuel hasn't been used up. Better?
- chrisseaton 9y agoI think you're saying 'the fuel hasn't been used up' to mean that 'the fuel has not been entirely spent and there is plenty left', and the other person thinks you mean 'no fuel is used at all when the thrusters are fired' which is why they're correcting you. Both are reasonable but different interpretations of 'used up'.
- qubex 9y agoYep, that's what the statement looked like it meant to me on the first reading.
- maxerickson 9y agoA clue to my meaning was that I also mentioned a catalytic reaction.
- qubex 9y agoI'm an applied mathematician and a practicing economist, I'm afraid I wouldn't understand chemical reactions as being of one sort or another if they hit me on the head and set me on fire. I'm honest, I know my limits, and chemical ignorance is one of them.
- qubex 9y agoMuch better, yes.