The trouble with ERPS and arocket is that discussion of liquids really doesn't sit that easily with either. Arocket very clearly has a solids leaning, and that means that arocket ends up getting censored, or atleast the archives does; since many missiles are solid rocket based (and terrorist weapons tend to be).

The problem with arocket is that there's a bit too much discussion of solids for my liking, and with ERPS the general discussion of liquids is somewhat off topic, although it is tolerated to an extent.

The alternative would be to create a new list for fluid rockets; this could subsume some of the functions of erps and arocket, but I'm unsure whether there is enough traffic to warrant it.

What does everyone else think?

Randall Clague wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:38:07 -0800, Sean Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
My vote (as the list admin, do I get two?) is that amateur liquid stuff
in general is relevant for this list, especially since I don't know of
another list devoted to such activities, and arocket seems to be mostly
solids.
    

The original intention was that the mailing list be for ERPS projects
and other items of all interest to ERPS members.  But we've all
benefited from discussions of other liquids, and we are performing
something of a community service, since we have such an eclectic
subscriber base (where else do SPL engineers and XCOR engineers
publicly converse?)  So I'm with Sean; while liquids other than
peroxide aren't specifically "on topic," they're close enough to have
a good fit here.  Better than, say, monatomic hydrogen.  ;-)  We're
also interested in the ISAS VTVL, for example, and it's LOX/hydrogen.

The usual cautions about turning into sci.space.policy or
rec.models.rockets apply, but they don't seem to be a problem here.

-R

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