At 03:43 PM 11/7/2008, you wrote:
>-----Original Message----- >From: Stephen Wille Padnos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 07 November 2008 10:20 PM >To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) >Subject: Re: [Emc-users] internet connection] > >Dave Houghton wrote: > > >[snip] > >Question: What is the main difference between a rocket engine and a jet > >engine? Come on have a guess. > > > > >Well, it's off-topic, but I'll bite. :) > >The difference is where the oxidizer comes from (carried with the fuel >or from an external air intake) > >- Steve > Hi Steve. > >Gee you are you close, but no cigar, not really where the oxidizer comes >from. A jet engine could carry it's own oxygen supply. You are so close - >more simple. Jet engines away have this; rocket engines never. > >Dave Turbines? Afterburner? Or as the my Brit friends call it, Thruster-Booster? Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
