[ERPS] Re: Hybrid Rocket Motor Concept

2004-10-04 Thread Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden Wrote: 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 oxidizer.

[ERPS] Congradulations!

2004-10-04 Thread Michael Wallis
To all the team at Mojave Aerospace and Scaled Composites on the second flight of SpaceShipOne to 328,000 feet today, winning the Asanti X-Prize and openning a new chapter in human spaceflight. Unofficial altitude was 368,000 feet. Expected confirmation will be about 9:00 am PDT. Well done

[ERPS] XPrize Won!

2004-10-04 Thread ShadowMem
Congratulations to Burt Rutan and Scaled Composites! Unofficial altitude is 368K'. Dan ___ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list

[ERPS] Next Meeting ...

2004-10-04 Thread Michael Wallis
The next meeting of the Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society will be held this THURSDAY evening at the Bowers Denny's starting at 8:00pm. Items for meeting #292 (07 Oct 2004): - Admin Teams - Documentation - IT - Liaisons - Logistics - PAO -

[ERPS] Spaceship One Altitude

2004-10-04 Thread GDNordley
In a message dated 04/10/04 12:00:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unofficial altitude was 368,000 feet. 112.2 km, significantly over the X-prize minimum! --Best, Gerald ___ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ERPS] Spaceship One Altitude

2004-10-04 Thread Randall Clague
At 03:10 PM 10/4/2004 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unofficial altitude was 368,000 feet. 112.2 km, significantly over the X-prize minimum! Not only that, but over 365,000 feet, Joe Walker's X-15 altitude record (354,300 feet) plus the 3% margin necessary to claim the record. -R Randall

Re: [ERPS] Spaceship One Altitude

2004-10-04 Thread Henry Spencer
On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Randall Clague wrote: Unofficial altitude was 368,000 feet. 112.2 km, significantly over the X-prize minimum! Not only that, but over 365,000 feet, Joe Walker's X-15 altitude record (354,300 feet) plus the 3% margin necessary to claim the record. Hmm, does the FAI

Re: [ERPS] Spaceship One Altitude

2004-10-04 Thread Randall Clague
At 04:21 PM 10/4/2004 -0400, Henry Spencer wrote: Hmm, does the FAI have a category for air-launched vehicles? Yep. CLASS C-I, GROUP IV, ROCKET ENGINE LAUNCHED FROM AN AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE (USA) MAJ Robert M. White, USAF 95,936 m North American X-15-1 314,750 ft 1

[ERPS] Gordo Cooper passes

2004-10-04 Thread Michael Wallis
Hi ... On the same day that SpaceShipOne won the X-Prize to open suborbital space to civilians, Gordo Cooper (one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts) passed away. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/04/gordon.cooper/index.html The old and the new. Michael