I wonder If they ever considered burning N2O/Acetylene+Ammonia as a
bipropellant. The Acetylene+Ammonia is something the Russians have looked at.
(http://lpre.de/resources/articles/80286080.pdf)
-Richard Garcia
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From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Ian Woollard <ian.woollard@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 8:13 PM
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Subject: [AR] Re: some interesting developments
On 31 December 2015 at 00:02, Henry Spencer
<hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto: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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