I agree with your description of the H/O reaction, but I think there are some problems with your last two statements.
There are very good reasons why this isn't a practical weapon. First, the volumes required to do significant damage are huge. Imagine filling a 1,000lb bomb casing with Hydrogen and Oxygen. It wouldn't accomplish much. Of course, you could liquify it, but then your cost skyrockets. I think the closest thing to what you're discussing is the Fuel/Air explosive, which has the wholehearted endorsement of the defense industry.
Second, if I were a pilot, and someone suggested to me that I fly around a combat zone with a cannister full of hydrogen and oxygen under my wing, I'd decline. Remember the Hindenberg? Centuries of development have given us explosives with higher activation energies.
As to your closing statement: the universe is huge, and not at all homogenous. There are a great many things in it that haven't come anywhere near us in our planet's relatively brief existence. I'm not arguing for the atmosphere-liquification particle, I'm just saying that your reasoning is specious.
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So, would you care to go through NASA's payroll and pick out, by name, each person who adds "ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!" to the space program?
Perhaps you think they should fire engineers, and just wait for the spacecraft to magically appear?
Or should they get rid of managers, and strap humans to rockets without any oversight?
Really, I know you're trying to be funny, but good jokes reflect thought.
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The X-43 itself is build by Micro Craft. Only the Pegasus is build by Orbital. http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/FactSheets/FS-04 0-DFRC.html
I agree with your description of the H/O reaction, but I think there are some problems with your last two statements.
There are very good reasons why this isn't a practical weapon. First, the volumes required to do significant damage are huge. Imagine filling a 1,000lb bomb casing with Hydrogen and Oxygen. It wouldn't accomplish much. Of course, you could liquify it, but then your cost skyrockets. I think the closest thing to what you're discussing is the Fuel/Air explosive, which has the wholehearted endorsement of the defense industry.
Second, if I were a pilot, and someone suggested to me that I fly around a combat zone with a cannister full of hydrogen and oxygen under my wing, I'd decline. Remember the Hindenberg? Centuries of development have given us explosives with higher activation energies.
As to your closing statement: the universe is huge, and not at all homogenous. There are a great many things in it that haven't come anywhere near us in our planet's relatively brief existence. I'm not arguing for the atmosphere-liquification particle, I'm just saying that your reasoning is specious.