[AR] Re: some interesting developments

  • From: Ian Woollard <ian.woollard@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 04:13:26 +0000

On 31 December 2015 at 00:02, Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.


Henry


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-Ian Woollard

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