tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post3520837838633670747..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: The Lunar Probe With the Funniest Name is in TroubleSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-67239355938391732302023-03-30T02:29:50.339-04:002023-03-30T02:29:50.339-04:00Did you ever read Ignition! written by Clark (1972...Did you ever read <b>Ignition!</b> written by Clark (1972)? Some of the stuff they worked with was downright <i>dangerous</i>!!<br />I used to wonder why the MIRV platform on the Minuteman IIIs had monomethylhydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide for propellants (hypergolic as all get out)!!!<br /><br />Makes a hydrolox engine look tame.Igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332079520095379932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-42911298690873318172023-03-29T14:52:50.733-04:002023-03-29T14:52:50.733-04:00I've read that they are trying to find alterna...I've read that they are trying to find alternatives to what is currently used as monopropellant because whatever they're using right now is just so toxic that it makes safe handling by ground crews more difficult than we'd like. So there's a legitimate reason to be looking into safer fuels. But knowing how the greenies are, just being less corrosively toxic for humans isn't enough, it also has to be made from unicorn farts and rainbows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-29773311445617178832023-03-29T10:58:57.930-04:002023-03-29T10:58:57.930-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.jeff dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706642547337893326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-30802976532721594872023-03-29T07:37:24.341-04:002023-03-29T07:37:24.341-04:00Reagan was right when he pointed out that it only ...Reagan was right when he pointed out that it only takes one generation to lose everything.Malatropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12187333180472067677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-148201369487264512023-03-29T07:16:55.708-04:002023-03-29T07:16:55.708-04:00Hope you understand THAT is what is running the wo...Hope you understand THAT is what is running the world today!<br />Not just the US.Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-38806513611776285412023-03-29T01:23:07.356-04:002023-03-29T01:23:07.356-04:00"Green" fuel? Are these idiots serious?..."Green" fuel? Are these idiots serious? Worried about the ozone layer - in space?<br /><br />Was this newfangled fuel tested with the valves? Were the valves designed for Boeing?<br /><br />I'm just shaking my head. The level of intelligence here is approaching Weapons Grade Stoopid.Igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332079520095379932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-78106780935951220952023-03-28T23:18:41.628-04:002023-03-28T23:18:41.628-04:00Must have put the wrong batteries in the flashligh...Must have put the wrong batteries in the flashlight!<br /><br />Seriously, the propellant experiment was as said a high risk, high reward experiment. You bet your money and take your chances. Hopefully the data collected will allow them to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it for the next try. If you learn from your failures, then they weren't complete failures.<br /><br />FeralFerretnoreply@blogger.com