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August 7th 10, 03:32 PM
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:17:26 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote: What's the thing with the Dead Sea Scrolls on page 16 of the PDF?: http://images.spaceref.com/news/2010...Propulsion.pdf “Black water shall elevate thy children to the heavens. Purify it. But thou shalt not combine it in a ratio greater than one kikkar to twenty shekkels, nor shalt thou burn rocks. Thus saith the lord.” Is this some sort of Biblical statement favoring LOX/LH2 propulsion over solids? It's supposed to promote RP-1 over solids. Brian 
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August 7th 10, 04:17 PM
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What's the thing with the Dead Sea Scrolls on page 16 of the PDF?:
http://images.spaceref.com/news/2010...Propulsion.pdf “Black water shall elevate thy children to the heavens. Purify it. But thou shalt not combine it in a ratio greater than one kikkar to twenty shekkels, nor shalt thou burn rocks. Thus saith the lord.” Is this some sort of Biblical statement favoring LOX/LH2 propulsion over solids? Pat
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August 8th 10, 08:29 PM
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On Aug 7, 9:17*am, Pat Flannery wrote:
Is this some sort of Biblical statement favoring LOX/LH2 propulsion over solids? Except for somebody feeding that into Google Translate repeatedly to get strange results, I haven't been able to find out where in the Dead Sea Scrolls it supposedly came from by a web search. If it was in the Dead Sea Scrolls, I suspect that Erich von Daniken would have picked it up... Apparently a "kikkar" is what is known in the Bible as a talent; I did find _that_ out. John Savard
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August 9th 10, 02:55 PM
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In article , bthorn64
@suddenlink.net says... On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:17:26 -0800, Pat Flannery wrote: What's the thing with the Dead Sea Scrolls on page 16 of the PDF?: http://images.spaceref.com/news/2010...Propulsion.pdf ?Black water shall elevate thy children to the heavens. Purify it. But thou shalt not combine it in a ratio greater than one kikkar to twenty shekkels, nor shalt thou burn rocks. Thus saith the lord.? Is this some sort of Biblical statement favoring LOX/LH2 propulsion over solids? It's supposed to promote RP-1 over solids. I'm with Pat. That creeped me out. I don't like to see religion in my engineering details. Of course, this could have been meant to be a tongue in cheek reference to how the proponents of solids cling to them like a religion, despite their obvious flaws. Jeff -- The only decision you'll have to make is Who goes in after the snake in the morning?
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August 9th 10, 09:09 PM
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On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 09:55:39 -0400, Jeff Findley
wrote: I'm with Pat. That creeped me out. I don't like to see religion in my engineering details. Of course, this could have been meant to be a tongue in cheek reference to how the proponents of solids cling to them like a religion, despite their obvious flaws. "Could have been"? :-) Brian
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August 9th 10, 10:21 PM
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On 8/9/2010 5:55 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
In , bthorn64 @suddenlink.net says... On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:17:26 -0800, Pat wrote: What's the thing with the Dead Sea Scrolls on page 16 of the PDF?: http://images.spaceref.com/news/2010...Propulsion.pdf ?Black water shall elevate thy children to the heavens. Purify it. But thou shalt not combine it in a ratio greater than one kikkar to twenty shekkels, nor shalt thou burn rocks. Thus saith the lord.? Is this some sort of Biblical statement favoring LOX/LH2 propulsion over solids? It's supposed to promote RP-1 over solids. I'm with Pat. That creeped me out. I don't like to see religion in my engineering details. Of course, this could have been meant to be a tongue in cheek reference to how the proponents of solids cling to them like a religion, despite their obvious flaws. I've got a book on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and I couldn't find that quote anywhere in there. Pat Jeff
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August 10th 10, 09:31 PM
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On Aug 9, 9:55*am, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article , bthorn64 @suddenlink.net says... On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:17:26 -0800, Pat Flannery wrote: What's the thing with the Dead Sea Scrolls on page 16 of the PDF?: http://images.spaceref.com/news/2010...Propulsion.pdf ?Black water shall elevate thy children to the heavens. Purify it. But thou shalt not combine it in a ratio greater than one kikkar to twenty shekkels, nor shalt thou burn rocks. Thus saith the lord.? Is this some sort of Biblical statement favoring LOX/LH2 propulsion over solids? It's supposed to promote RP-1 over solids. I'm with Pat. *That creeped me out. *I don't like to see religion in my engineering details. *Of course, this could have been meant to be a tongue in cheek reference to how the proponents of solids cling to them like a religion, despite their obvious flaws. Jeff -- The only decision you'll have to make is Who goes in after the snake in the morning?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Have faith, my son
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