Stephen Holden wrote:
Hello,
I am developing a new hybrid propellant concept that I would like to
discuss...It's basically very similar to any hybrid, except that the
propellant consists of a cylindrical grain of lightly bonded magnesium
powder onto which is sprayed through injectors the oxidize
Alex Fraser wrote:
People own property because states recognise deeds, no state no
ownership (other than firepower allows).
(Alex, not a comment directed at you.) I suspect that most of this is
just blowing hot air until we start having real stuff being done around
Earth and cislunar space, and
I am trying to reach Sam Coniglio. If anyone on the list has a good
e-mail address I would appreciate it. Also, please inform him he needs
to speak with me AT ONCE.
Aleta
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Sam, your server rejects my address. YOu have several errors. E-mail me
please.
Apologies to rest of list. Aleta
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Sander Pool wrote:
Very cool. This is how the Thunderbirds went to Mars a long time ago. Well
sortof anyway :-)
http://spacedaily.com/news/xprize-03d.html
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Gang,
If anyone has photos of XCOR's Tea Cart engine running at either Space
Access meeting, please get in touch with me asap. A magazine is doing a
major story about us and would like to use high quality (i.e. Aleta
didn't take them ;-> ) photos of the event.
Thanks!
Aleta
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Well, did you ever fly commercial back in the 1950s? Passengers actually
went through a small "how to" course. Now it's so routine no one bothers
to look at the canned demo on the small TV screens. Flying suborbital
will provide an unusual experience and some folks might panic. Case in
point: I
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Gentlefolk,
<< NASA's not used to thinking in those terms, but there's no particular
reason why capsules can't be reusable...>>
NASA isn't the only game in town.
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/shuttle-03r2.html
the U.S. first reused a space capsule 36 years ago! The cap
Sorry for the use of bandwidth but Jonathan, you are filtering me out as
spam and I resent that. ;->
Any idea why?
Aleta
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David Weinshenker wrote:
Hmmm... I note that one of the themes is to be: "comparison
of personnel protection equipment, medical surveillance".
This sounds like "we've been using hydrazine for all these
years and we're still not sure how not to poison ourselves
with it..."
As Henry Spencer so
Randall Clague wrote:
The biggest problem with publicly funded space projects is the
perceived need to keep the public happy. Well the public isn't happy,
they're apathetic. So publicly funded space projects are in trouble.
That's because taxpaying folks have figured out that NASA has decided
t
Ian Woollard wrote:
Highlights I've noticed so far include the fact that
b) they think that there was upto a 24% chance that somebody could have
been injured by the debris.
Note that NO ONE WAS.
Aleta
Ian Woollard wrote:
There's also the reciprocating piston pump that XCOR are working on
based on the Astrid pump concept.
Nope.
Aleta
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problem, not crash and
burn. This is why we stand beside them when they fire. While we have a
Lexan shield just in case, thus far it has not been needed. We continue
to work to see that it never is.
Aleta Jackson
XCOR Aerospace
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David Weinshenker wrote:
I note that, after extolling the handling convenience of alcohol,
y'all are now going to kerosene? What variety are you using? Can
you get RP-1, or is there a "jet" grade of comparable quality
available these days?
A customer asked that we do this. Aleta
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Bruno Berger wrote:
It was quite quiet lately about XCOR. Now they have tested a new
kerosene engine with 2.5 x higher chamber pressure (still heat sink
mode though):
http://www.xcor.com/XR4K5-firstfire.html
Do they use pump feed now? At least for the Xerus, pressure feeding
@ 50-60 bar isn't
Adrian Tymes wrote:
>
> Jerry Durand wrote:
>
> > I heard about the insulation, too. But, apparently they lost contact
> > with the shuttle at 9am right when those power units were turned on. I
> > believe they are turned on before the insulation would matter.
>
> Either way - and call me a de
Randall Clague wrote:
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> On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 16:51:44 -0800 (PST), Bill Clawson
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Y'know. I was just puttering around in my garage last
> >night and found a dusty dewar of room temperature
> >single-H above my washing machine, between a dewar of
> >liquid ozone a
Henry,
At AirVenture 2002 last year a retired rocket engineer stopped by our
booth. He commented that he worked with highly concentrated peroxide
during his career. His barrels of it were stored in a circle 'way out in
the desert, "and every once in a while one of those barrels would decide
on its
Randall Clague wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Jan 2003 13:55:45 -0500, Alex Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >Where is a missile toe?
>
> Wouldn't know. We don't build weapons systems. :-)
>
> -R
>
> --
> "You haven't been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3."
> --
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There are many worthy entries. But the one to mention here is "a
> small, scrappy company built on a desert airfield in Mojave, Calif." -- a
> company known as XCOR Aerospace.
>
> Congratulations to J. G. and crew!
Thank you kindly! We were rather startled -
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> My capsule review: Although the book is not as bad as I thought it
> would be, Ms. Weil gets both the people and the technology wrong.
Those whose honor, integrity and knowledge she impugns are less sanguine about her
book.
Aleta
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David Weinshenker wrote:
> Henry Spencer wrote:
> > ... they planned a test program of a novel design with
> > one flight article and no allowance for accidents!
>
> Ouch. That seems to be a common mistake, doesn't it...
> when will we all learn?
Not having enough money for more than one tail num
Oh please, don't add anything to that wretched book's review page. Those
who were at Rotary are, well, just flat disgusted by the thing. A.
Yossi Preminger wrote:
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> I have just received an automated email from Amazon.com telling me that since I
>bought Berinstein's book "making space happen" I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> My seven-year-old granddaughter Tylr(stet) has a lot of time working
> in my shop. Heck, she played Electrician's Apprentice and helpped me
> *build* my shop, as in handing me the *right* screw or driver while
> I was up on the ladder. She also has a bit of stick ti
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> I never said lie. That hurts any company. Enron and Anderson learned it the
> hard way.
You said "Exaggerating the truth as much as possible." To me, that
means "lie." Truth is an absolute; something either is or is not. Either
our engines develop 400 lbs of thrust
Randall Clague wrote:
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> On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 21:19:54 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Unfortunately, Sam's point appears to be a current reality notwithstanding
> >your personal experience. It probably begins in grade school, where girls
> >are not encouraged to pursue math, science and engin
Samuel Coniglio wrote:
>
> Yes marketing is a necessary thing. I am learning a lot about it in
> my current job. In a nutshell marketing is:
> 1. Making as much noise as possible
> 2. Getting as much coverage a possible
> 3. Exaggerating the truth as much as possible
Wrong wrong wrong wrong wro
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> That reminds me, how do you make space exciting for girls and women? It is a
> very white male-dominated field.
[Sam, the following is not directed at you personally, okay? But at an
attitude I find particularly offensive.]
Oh, give me a break. I'm female. No one "m
You've been watching "The Last Starfighter" again. ;-> Aleta
David Weinshenker wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > I've seen interest in space fading everywhere. Space games are in;
> > real space action is out.
>
> So what we need to do is, once we "build it", we characterize its operat
Ian Woollard wrote:
>
> You probably should consider shaking you equipment for an hour or two in
> an environmental test chamber before launch.
XCOR has never done any such thing; with proper care in construction
that's not needed.
Aleta
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John, That was _not_ an unsuccessful flight: you gained knowledge. It is
regrettable that the hardware took a beating but that's better than
having this happen after a hundred flights and you're ready to put a
pilot and passengers on board. ;->
Your efforts help to encourage the rest of us. Aleta
Ha! Most of the Desert Southwest looks like that: could be Arizona,
Utah, Nevada... take your pick. ;-> A.
Yossi Preminger wrote:
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> Where is your test site ?
> It looks a lot like Israel !
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> The X-Prize race is the true framework for the
> commercial space tourism industry...
No, making money is the true framework. The X-Prize is an excellent
start, but only a start.
Aleta Jackson
XCOR Aerospace
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And check out: http://www.desertnews.com/ Scroll down for the Book
Review...
Aleta
Mike Massee wrote:
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> At 10:55 AM 10/7/2002 -0700, Stewart Cobb wrote:
>
> > The interview is available from the NPR web site at:
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G. David Nordley is worth going to see. ;-> I'm sorry I can't make it up
there for this: looks like fun.
BTW, the EZ-Rocket will be on display at the Edwards AFB airshow on 25
October. We are the _only_ civilian aircraft at the show, which its
planners intend to make up for having to cancel last
John Carmack wrote:
>
> I read it last week. "Condescending and irritating" was how I would
> characterize it.
Lies. Lies and mistakes and a sneering cynical attitude. Aleta
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Stewart Cobb wrote:
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> By coincidence I had bought this book (at Borders) on Friday.
> I'm halfway through it. The basic theme is that Gary Hudson,
> all the people around him, and all the people who share his
> dreams (such as the attendees of Space Access '98, where she
> was taking notes) ar
Hear hear. McMaster-Carr is a joy and a treasure. Aleta
Randall Clague wrote:
>
> I must have missed this the first time it came around. Everyone's always
> squawking about how lousy this product or that service is, so I like to
> publish good news when I see it.
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Pierce Nichols wrote:
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> His comments on the
> vibration problems are well taken -- the vibration environment in a rocket
> is hell compared to even the roughest airplane.
A solid, yes. But as Dick Rutan will tell you, the EZ-Rocket is a smooth
ride.
Aleta
Randall Clague wrote:
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> At 07:06 PM 06/03/2002, Alex Fraser wrote:
>
> I don't think the XCOR folks will lose any sleep over the Weed
> Wacker.
No, but we hope they come to Osh so we can talk. ;-> Aleta
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Bevin McKinney worked this out. If anyone knows how to reach him, I bet
he still has the answer. Aleta
Bill Clawson wrote:
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> I think there could be problems with twinkies as they are mostly
> carbohydrates and/or hydrocarbons or both. If miscible in HTP, then a
> combination of twinkies and H
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