Sean Patrick Daly wrote:
I can't in any way, shape or form conceive HTP to be an explosive. (try to ignite it alone) That would mean LOX would also be an explosive. There's no way that the "Dubya" administration is going to force all those who store LOX to store it in a bunker. Every hospital around me has LOX tanks. NOS would also be an explosive.
Forgive my cynicism. I thought they were being just that dense.
Taking a step back here, I think those of us in the states should be more worried about the rest of the bill, and how it will affect your life and privacy and less about the SEA.
Aye - but that's not what this list is for. (Helping to build a way to go to a certain set of places where the US currently can not export its jurisdiction, perhaps, but that's about as close as one could probably get.)
As for KISS, I'm sorry, but I believe that the solid propellant will fall under the SEA, and you will have to jump through more hoops to get her to fly.
KISS-Beta. Solid motors already have an established licensing process; while that process may get shaken up a bit, the pieces are likely to land somewhere close to where they are now. If liquid rocket fuels were going to be regulated this way, we would have had more of a problem, since there is only a short list of those who regularly operate liquid fuelled rockets today - DoD, NASA, BoLock, et cetera - most of whom either could be convinced to or would actively support an outright ban on any additions to said list. But since that's not the case, we can fly KISS itself just as we always have. The worst possible outcome I see for ERPS is that we simply wouldn't be able to use KISS-Beta any longer. This would make testing more difficult and expensive, but not prohibitively so. I believe it more likely that the pyro ops we need to supervise launches anyway, would now also obtain a permit from the BATF: as I understand it, legally, they're the "users" of the explosives; we're just assisting. (And if said pyro op is cool with the rocket motor being delivered to the magazine not long before launch, possibly only briefly touching the magazine or maybe only getting into the general vicinity of the magazine, fine: transport and use of an explosive are separate acts.)
Make sure you let us all know how the process goes, and what troubles you come across. I fly model rockets with a group of kids (I'm a great Dad :) and we fly again in spring. It would be great to know what kind of crap I'm going to run into beforehand.
Launch before May 24th. This doesn't take effect until then. (Even if they change their minds on where the regs kick in, they likely won't change their minds on when.) _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
