Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Tim 10 Dec 2014 00:49 UTC

On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 12:43:40PM -0500, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:
> But wouldn't the crater walls be pretty hot?
> And they'd steam off?

In vacuum, steam molecules depart the vicinity at a good fraction of a
kilometre per second.  There's no air getting in the way.

- Tim