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Hi Ian and readers,
History isn't my forte` so the names as usual escape me. However,
deuterium is a naturally ocurring hydrogen isotope and may be "mined"
from ordinary water and refined into "heavy water" using an electrolytic
process. Any WW2 buff can tell you of the Nazi plan to make a hydrogen
bomb, even the TV comedy series Hogan's Heroes featured an episode about
heavy water and the experiments with it.
As for Star Trek, only one episode of Next Generation made mention of how
they refuel in flight using a surprisingly old sci-fi concept, the
Bussard Collector. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe
and even exists in interstellar space. That's right, there is no such
thing as a pure vacuum.
73 de Warren, KB2VXA@WT3V.#CNJ.NJ.USA.NOAM
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