Pulse Detonation Engine, first stage or ..

http://www.pr.afrl.af.mil/divisions/prt/pde/index.html

Check it out, and anyone have any ways to use it as part of a Shuttle
replacement
or as part of a seperate craft that does some of the shuttles missions?

Mike
Alaska

Abrigon Gusiq wrote in news:406AB84E.65B62223
@yahoo.com:

http://www.pr.afrl.af.mil/divisions/prt/pde/index.html

Unless it can be scaled up to the necessary thrust levels,
there's no chance of it being used at all. I'm not sure
how much advantage it would have over a conventional
rocket engine, as I haven't seen figures for specific
impulse--probably its only advantage, if it all.

--Damon