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    Hydrogen peroxide troubles

    As a rocket engineer, I have to warn you that the popular rocketry oxidiser hydrogen peroxide, even diluted, will react with many chemicals in your body in a very adverse way. We're warned to seek medical advice if ingested so I'd avoid it. I'm sure it's causing your gut/gas problems but these...
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    Reaction for M.E. a Space mission

    I'm sorry to hear of your plight. Some years ago I was hospitalised for 5 months (totally bed-bound) so I know how awful severe M.E. is. I suppose it's hard for me to quantify exactly how to define severe M.E. on my website, however from your and other's comments I've ammended my website today...
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    Reaction for M.E. a Space mission

    Hmm, the problem is that Reaction for M.E. is a play on words with Action for M.E. through Newton's law of action and reaction, also known as the rocket principle. I'm not associating myself with them in any other way though. I do understand your concern about the media, however this shouldn't...
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    Reaction for M.E. a Space mission

    No, it'll take a year or two; we need to do some basic research first and build and test the rocket engine. It all depends on the level of funding we can get, which in turn depends upon people knowing about the project. How does one submit an article for the Phoenix Rising frontpage? Rick the...
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    Reaction for M.E. a Space mission

    It's true, 5 gee and the noise and vibration could hurt people with more severe M.E. than me, however the mission is tailored to my own M.E situation as it is at the moment. There are many M.E. sufferers who could make the trip, but I'm not asking them to, I intend to fly myself. I have been...
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    Reaction for M.E. a Space mission

    Hi folks, Thanks for your deliberations! No, it's not a spoof, it's an achievable goal if I can raise help and funding. As to whether an able-bodied person has performed this mission, the answer is: not yet, but all indications point to this sort of mission becoming a popular sport within a...
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    Reaction for M.E. a Space mission

    I'm a rocket scientist/engineer with severe M.E. I've come up with a potential space mission to allow someone with severe M.E. to enter space for a few minutes and glide back safely to Earth. This can be done safely, and surprisingly cheaply, all thanks to new advances in technology that weren't...