> >My chief mechanic, Mike Laughlin, did much of the HTP loading and >unloading for the propulsion testing for the Roton ATV; his assistant, >Johnny Hernandez, operated the peroxide concentrator plant. They didn't >like those jobs *at all*, involving hundreds of pounds of 85% HTP.
Ok, but *WHY* didn't they like those jobs at all? Did it just creep them out? Personally, I wouldn't want to run the concentrator, but I don't see what the big deal with loading the propellent is. BTW, what was the loading methodology? Pump/vacuum from drums, or a single mid-sized tank? >LOX is cheap, readily available, high performance, and is routinely >handled safely by thousands of workers around the world every day. HTP >is not. Doug is trolling. :-) However, the availability is an issue. I finally talked to FMC again today, and they are pretty skittish sounding. Steven Rhine commented that *ALL* of their customers are government contractors, and they will have to decide if they want to sell to a commercial customer. I will be rather perturbed if they decline to sell to us. John Carmack _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
