[AR] Re: mixed monoprops (was Re: DARPA responsive launch challenge)
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 19:18:50 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 22 Apr 2018, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
"...there is serious doubt that the
term 'monopropellant' is really more than an optimistic rocketryman's
terminology for a dangerous liquid high explosive."
-- M.A. Cook, "Explosion Hazards in Liquid Bipropellants"...
There is some hint of possible bipropellant bias in that title, mind.
If memory serves -- the book isn't handy at the moment -- he was actually
trying to cover all the bases, despite the title, and was explaining why
he wasn't giving any serious discussion of energetic monoprops. (This was
at a time when there had recently been considerable enthusiasm for them,
which was slowly dissipating as hopes for safe ones faded.)
Henry
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