"NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968 A Historical Summary"
Online book---- David Stribling But it _is_ rocket science! Get yer Barrowmans at Remove the to reply
Excellent link David!
So much to read and absorb... so much to read...
I can't ever get enough..
tah
In fact, just reading the Mercury report made me chuckle...
"For example, during an early qualification test, it was found that the original igniters in the retrorocket motors would sometimes fail and blow out through the rocket nozzle before the main propellant grain had been ignited. New igniters, actually miniature solid rockets, were substituted for the original igniters. Had this system characteristic been overlooked through the manned orbital flights, the consequences could have been catastrophic."
Copperheads?
tah
Just your basic "chuff" ;-)
Stones
hehe.. yeah, but those "chuffs" probably _really_ suck when you're trying to deorbit...
tah
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