Why isn't that insulation in houses?  I want it, especially with how hot
this summer is :)

At 03:20 PM 7/21/2005, Craig Lalley wrote:
>Since NASA is preparing to launch the shuttle again, I looked over their
>website for facts about the engines that propel it.  My favorite fact is:
>
>The combustion gases in a solid rocket motor are at a temperature of 6,100
>degrees Fahrenheit (3,371 degrees Centigrade), two-thirds the temperature of
>the surface of the sun. While that temperature is hot enough to boil steel,
>special insulation inside the motor protects the steel case so well that the
>outside of the case reaches only about 130 degrees F. (54 degrees C.).
>
>It's staggering to think that we have invented insulation that can take
>something producing the same heat as the surface of an "M" class star on the
>inside and only be 130 degrees F on the outside.
>
>Here's a link to the rest of their facts.
>
>http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/factoids/funfacts.htm
>
>This page doesn't even mention the fact that the pumps that deliver fuel to
>the engine could shoot a stream of Liquid Hydrogen 40 miles!
>
>-Craig
>
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