I always wanted to build a hydrogen peroxide rocket - back in my amateur rocketry days. Only got as far as the sugar and potassium nitrate rockets (and Estes, of course). Dad had 30% H2O2 in the dental office, and it was fun to play with, but not concentrated enough to fly anything.
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 6:07 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Got me to wondering what happened to one of my former students. I had no > ideal he was 26 or so when I met him. He looked like all the other 19-20 > yr olds. By that time he had done 4 yrs in the USAF, and other stuff. I > bumped into him at the CNDE about 1998, and he told me he was onto > concentrating hydrogen peroxide for rocket engines. Here he is now. > http://www.xlspace.com/index.html > > clay monroe via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> February 7, 2018 at 4:52 PM >> It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS >> removed the team from play. Best not be dependent upon foreign rivals who >> do not share our interests. The young men and women working for Space X >> looked a bit slovenly compared to standard Canaveral sorts. >> >> >> >> clay >> >> 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green >> 1986 SDL - Polei >> 1982 300 SD - Allen >> >> retired models- >> 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap >> 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery >> 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran >> 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV >> POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com