QUESTIONS WHICH MIGHT BE ASKED OF MILITARY TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-ENERGY FUELS AND PROPELLANTS:

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Onetime which might be asked of military technical experts in
the field of research and development of high-eaeergy fuels and prao-
pellsnts:
of the varies high-eeregy fuel and plant research
program currently being carried as by or for US military services, which
appear to be the at promising?
II. With respect to each at these awe promising pregre st
a. Whet component materials are required, and in what gmntitiess
1. In the de vel.opsment
2. In full operation under peacetime conditions?
3. In wartiaae =der full mobilization?
equipaaaaaot is required to produce the fuel or
propellant? Is this equipment of standard design or specially
designed and aazmnfactured for this particular purpose? Am
can it be Identified?
0. What materials are required and in what q tities fors
1. 1ba actmre of the fuel or propellant, other than
as
a ecormeat of the finished product?
2. ifaauf aetvre at the equipiant used in anal g the fuel or
propellant?
d. In what types at OPIPIOnt will than fuels and propellants
be used? Will it hacve to be designed specially for their use?
If so, what tine-cog, technical, or operattaaal problem s
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M. Of known potential types of high.energy fuels or propellants
which do net appear to be the most promising at this time, which: ii
a. Have been abandoned?
b. Are still under active consideration for possible development
and use at a later time?
IV. In the ease of each,( of the currently less promising high-energy
fuel or props22ant possibilities, is the reason for this evaluation of these:
a. Technical difficulties escoxntered in the dev lopsent or
manufacture of:
1. The fuel or propellant, itself?
2. The equipment required for the production of the fuel or
3. The equipment required to use the fuel or propellant
effectively?
V. Now do the various potential high-energy fuels or propellants compare
with respect to probable
a. Performance?
b. S-
a. Transportability?
4. Cost of:
1. Development?
2. Production when in full-scale use?
In view of the great number of potential high-energy fuels And propellants,
it probably would not be practical to answer these questions in complete
detail. ever,, perhaps they can be answered for groups of possibilities
or for the most significant individual items falling within this description.
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