At 07:46 AM 3/11/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:

On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Bill Stewart wrote:

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Platinum costs vary, but I've never seen it above $500/oz, and I think it's more often about $300, e.g. about the price of good marijuana, which far more than 1 in 1000 hobbyists can afford

:-)

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How much of it do you need for a can-sat engine's catalyst?

Um, as far as I know I don't need any Marijuana in any of my rockets.

Not unless you're sending humans up there...