On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 1:26 AM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:50 AM, Rob O'Connor <xxxxxx@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
180G-hours thrust? 0.4% of the volume of the hull is fuel. 3 parts per 10,000 mass units is fuel.

So . . . my math makes 5% some 125 times the above amount. Is that close enough to "lots more fuel"?

Oops!

I misplaced my decimal point.

5% would be only 12.5 times the above amount.

Richard Aiken

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