Thanks for the info--it will be interesting to see if it generates a huge
steam cloud.
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Lloyd Droppers <ldroppers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you are ever at Wallops, that water tower sticks out like a sore thumb
and at least for me it messes up my sense of scale. Normal water towers, at
least in the midwest, are about 150 ft tall, that tower is nearer 300 ft.
I have heard the tower height was so they don't have to pump the water but
could just use the pressure head for the water deluge. I think that might
be a sign wallops is more familiar with solid rockets than anything with a
pump on it.
I hope the test goes well, and they are able to fly soon. I always like to
see more rockets flying.
Lloyd
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:18 AM, William Claybaugh <wclaybaugh2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The big water tank next to the pad will support up to 50 seconds of
firing.
Bill
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, Paul Mueller <paul.mueller.iii@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Arocket has been kind of quiet lately so I thought I'd ask the question:
the latest version of the Antares rocket will be doing a 30-second static
firing test at Wallops in preparation for its next launch.
http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/09/key-return-to-flight-milestone-looms-for-antares-rocket/
Seems like a long burn duration--presumably they've done the analysis to
show that the pad can handle that. Any thoughts?