[geeks] Woohoo! SpaceShipOne does it!

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: velociraptor <velociraptor at gmail.com>
" 
" On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:16:09 -0400, Ido Dubrawsky <idubraws at dubrawsky.org> wrote:
" > http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/04/spaceshipone.attempt.cnn/index.html
" > 
" > Awesome...makes me think about going back into the Aerospace field...
" 
" Rubber + Nitrous Oxide...who'd of thought? :-)

a rocket scientist / california hot rodder, of course!

while n2o is kinda odd as an oxidizer, butadiene rubber is long known
as a good solid-rocket fuel - cheap, easy to handle, and about as
energetic as anything you'd actually want to work with.

i guess that applies to nitrous too, except maybe the 'energetic' part.
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