Posted on 02/07/2007 10:36:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Status |
Name |
Nationality |
Thrust** |
Propellants |
Notes |
Out-of-production |
F-1 |
USA |
1.7 million |
Liquid Oxygen - Kerosene |
5 used in each Apollo Saturn Stage 1. Flown between 1967 to 1973. |
Development stopped |
RD-270 |
USSR |
1.5 million |
Nitrogen Tetroxide UDMH |
Tested, but never flown. Largest single-chamber engine designed by USSR. |
Development stopped |
M-1 |
USA |
1.2 million |
Liquid Oxygen Liquid Hydrogen |
Designed as replacement for F-1. Program canceled in 1966. |
In production
|
BA-810 |
USA |
810,000 |
Hydrogen Peroxide - Kerosene |
Stage 2 engine of BA-2 launch vehicle. First test 1Q 2000; first flight 2002. |
In production
|
RS-68 |
USA |
745,000 |
Liquid Oxygen Liquid Hydrogen |
Currently in development and production for use on Delta IV launch vehicle. |
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Courtesy the web archive, the company's defunct: The BA-2The BA-2 is a heavy-lift, three-stage launcher that stands 236 feet tall. The vehicle has the capacity to lift approximately 13,200 pounds to GTO and 37,400 pounds to LEO. |
Statement From Andrew BealWe wonder where the computer industry would be today if the U.S. government had selected and subsidized one or two personal computer systems when Microsoft, Inc. or Compaq, Inc. were in their infancy. Other significant and uncontrollable risks we face include (1) federal laws mandating our potential liability for pre-existing environmental contamination at the only available cape canaveral launch pads, and (2) uncertainty over U.S. government state department approval to launch from our own launch facilities in the foreign country of Guyana.Remember Beal Aerospace?Asking NASA to develop low cost space access is analogous to asking Amtrak to develop new low cost locomotives or the US Postal Service to develop new low cost electronic mail systems... I was appalled that former NASA engineer Dennis Tito had to pay a foreign country to access the ISS. Lets all be thankful that Congress never funded NASA to develop the automobile. If it had, I suspect that the use of these dangerous vehicles would be restricted to "autonauts" and we common citizens would revel that highly trained autonauts" could operate these incredible high performance automobile machines.
"The Dallas Morning News -- January 18, 2000 -- The newspaper provides an update to Beal Aerospace's proposed launch sites in Cape Canaveral, Sombrero and Guyana, and discusses the company's partnership with noted experts to design launch facilities in concert with local environmental goals. The overview, however, does not fully describe the depth of environmental research and study that has been done in support of the launch site on Sombrero Island. A detailed Environmental Assessment, involving more than two years of study and hundreds of thousands of dollars, was completed by one of the world's most respected environmental consulting firms. Despite criticisms by a few individuals, it is, by far, the most detailed research ever conducted on Sombrero Island."
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