Re: Air-fueled aircraft on Titan

:: is it possible to directly use the methane in the air as fuel?

: throopw@xxxxxxxxx (Wayne Throop)
: there's nothing obvious preventing it

Oh. Well, I think there's an issue with energy density.
Since when you burn something, you're getting "CO2" and "H2O",
you're better off, mass-wise, carrying around the C and H rather
than the O, since the O outmasses the C and H. Whether that would
make it totally prohibitive... eh, dunno.


Wayne Throop throopw@xxxxxxxxx http://sheol.org/throopw
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