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SpaceX Set to Test Raptor Engine Components at NASA Stennis
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| 24APR2014
| Marc Boucher
Posted on 05/20/2014 5:11:50 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Fuel cell technology has come a long way since the Apollo days.
It really has. My professional (original) responsibilities were in electrochemical field morphed into corrosion, morphed into materials, morphed into non-destructive technology (patents), morphed sadly into project management.
I kept following dual fuel cell and electrolytic units. There is a place in space travel for that.
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05/20/2014 8:48:34 PM PDT
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PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
To: PA Engineer
Sounds like you should work for SpaceX.
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05/20/2014 8:53:38 PM PDT
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Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Sounds like you should work for SpaceX.
That would be a dream. We are in Western Pa, a Daughter in college (P&G Eng) and a Wife with a very large Neurology practice. I will brag and say my Daughter got a paid internship for the summer. I'm a bit stuck right now, but who knows. Fifty is the new thirty I have been told.
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05/20/2014 8:57:45 PM PDT
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PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
"No one will be able to compete with the Raptor engine. It outclasses everything."
After they get the motor certified they'll have to certify a rocket. That's a whole 'nuther ball game.
They can get by on a lot of things for commercial-only lift. But when they step up to cert on National Security and/or manned flight it's a much more expensive proposition. And it take a long damn time.
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05/20/2014 9:26:56 PM PDT
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Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
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