Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:44:40 -0600 From: "maf" <mfeldmannopsamt.net> Subject: Re: Does anyone use synthetic oils?
> >"Just Bob" <uctraingnopsamanet.com> wrote in message > >news:17pjtts63bjeo0pl7koupu2bl8fns8ik2lnopsamcom... > >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 07:20:36 -0600, "maf" <mfeldmannopsamt.net> wrote: > >> >Even the Space Shuttle uses Mobil 1. > >> > >> I knew NASA was cutting back, but did they really install an > >> internal combustion engine in the Shuttle ? > >> -- > >> Bob > >> United We Stand > > > >Well Bob, if you don't think that combustion takes place when the fuel > >ignites on the space shuttle engines, then why don't you stand underneath > >the next launch vehicle when it lifts off. > > Not to belabor the point, but that isn't internal combustion. > > As far as Mobil 1 being used in the shuttle, I suspect there are > items other than the engine that need to be lubricated. No one ever said in the original post regarding Space Shuttle usage of Mobil 1 that it was used in a gasoline internal combustion engine. But Bob wants to be smartass, so he got a smartass answer in reply. As Eric has stated, there are many items that needs lubrication on the Space Shuttle, and some of them are part of the engine which rotates as required to provide guidance control.