On 12/30/2015 11:13 PM, Ian Woollard wrote:
On 31 December 2015 at 00:02, Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:Or, you know, whisper, or fart the next county over, or...
Two consecutive safety tests of their N2O/acetylene mixed monoprop
[aieee!! aieee cubed!!] went KABOOM KABOOM a month or so ago, and
that kind of spoiled the enthusiasm for it; see
<http://spacenews.com/darpa-airborne-launcher-effort-falters>.
Mitch's comment on the monoprop last spring was "there are reasons
why this is not entirely insane", but apparently it was insane
enough...
I would ask what they were smoking, but with that propellant you would NEVER, EVER SMOKE AROUND IT.