Explosion defintions

Galcit is asphalt and Potassium Perchlorate propellant.

KABOOOMMMM!!!

I like this one:

"An explosion may be defined as a loud noise accompanied by the sudden going away of things from the places where they were before."

This must be the definition for "explosion" that the ATF is using, as it would cover all rocket flights :-)

-JT

Fred Shecter wrote:

Jerry Irvine wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

No, GALCIT is Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology.

BTW, you might be interested in this report I found wandering aimlessly around the site:

Was Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory California Institute of Technology. There was a long string of propellants designated GALCIT-xx, being the forerunners of modern composite propellant. Jerry is correct, he just left out a number after and addressed it in general fashion.

In this you will find reference to, amongst other things, the theorization and verification of the relationship between chamber pressure and burning surface area to nozzle throat area ratio (K-sub-n) thanks to Theodore Von Karman and crew. Smart group.

Mike D

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Hi Len.

"M Dennett" wrote in news:9Luub.295$ snipped-for-privacy@news20.bellglobal.com:

The name of the Lab came first. The propellant (which I did know about) was named after the lab, not vice versa.

So, I'll compromise; we're both right.

len.

Jerry Irvine wrote in news:01rocket- snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

Hi Jerry...

I agree, but you were wrong when you concluded I was wrong.

There is a Von Karman Avenue in Irvine,CA and there is a Milliken building at Pomona College (Claremont, CA).It is very close to the Irvine room at Honnold library.