[AR] Re: starship pad flame trench?

  • From: Rand Simberg <simberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 20:11:05 -0700

Learn from others' mistakes, because you won't live long enough to make them all yourself...

On 4/23/23 19:23, Henry Spencer wrote:

On Sun, 23 Apr 2023, roxanna Mason wrote:
Henry, you must have missed my posting about seeing this in the book, V-2 by [Dornberger].

No, I got that -- what I was wondering was, if you happen to remember, *where* in the book?  Been many years since I've read the whole thing, and a quick look via the index and in a few likely places didn't find the LOX-ground-freezing idea mentioned.

Yes, you get a3way with something many times and you think it's safe or the reports are exaggerated. Until it happens to you.  Nitrous Oxide is a big one which is handled routinely daily but has killed people including a friend of mine.

On safety issues, it's important to learn from other people's experiences, not only your own, because you might have just been lucky (so far).

Henry

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