From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 13:00:17 MST
>From: Spike Jones <spike66@attglobal.net>
>Ja, but we usually think of sapphire as an orderly crystal. I
>imagine the stuff that comes out of a solid rocket as a mixture of
>amorphous oxides of aluminum. I think his referring to it as
>sapphire dust may have been poetic license. {8-] spike
Actually that was a direct quote from the book. According to the
experts she (the author) mentions it actually qualifies as
sapphire. NASA apparently has a dust library, and librarian.
Hey what do you think, military G-1 jacket, or Schott motorcycle
jacket?
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Brian
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