[sci.space.shuttle] JP-4 and LOX????

sef@druco.ATT.COM (Scott E. Farleigh) (03/20/89)

>From: hogg@db.toronto.edu (John Hogg)
>
>    .....  When the
>    B-2 was rolled out, its leading edge was covered.  That was to
>    conceal an advanced version of the same principle, which uses a
>    mixture of JP-4 and LOX for added cooling.
>
>John Hogg			hogg@csri.utoronto.ca
>Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

JP-4 and LOX!!!!!!!  A longggg time ago when I was a squid skivee folder
(Navy parachute rigger in the mid 70's) I would service aircraft with
LOX.  The first thing I was told was DO NOT let LOX touch ANY
hydrocarbon, else BOOM!

Scott E. Farleigh
AT&T Bell Labs
Denver