[ExI] Fwd: [AR] Planned FAA LOX-Methane Safety Studies?

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Keith Henson via extropy-chat
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>...The FAA concern is bulkhead failure, intimate mixing of the liquid methane and LOX, and a shock to make a big boom.

>...Burning on contact makes a heck of a fire, but no shock wave....
Keith




Keith I don't know about the triethylene aluminum idea, sounds reasonable.  But now I am interested in trying to make a big boom by intentionally mixing LOX and liquid methane and intentionally making a big boom, just for the hell of it.  One woulda thought I had outgrown such silliness by now.

spike