MUCH COOLER MELTDOWN
The "Rocket Science" article (AW&ST July 11, p. 59) rather insufficiently compares the space shuttle main engine 6,000F exhaust flow as "hotter than the melting point of lead." Lead melts at only 621F. Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metallic element at 6,192F and is nearly as high as...
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