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07-01-2013, 09:14 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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(...) I noticed today that Blue Origin is well along on the construction in this newly developed area. Just wish I knew what all this stuff is.
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Dear NSA person now reviewing VAF posts on PRISM, hello!
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07-01-2013, 10:52 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Mead, WA
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...I noticed today that Blue Origin is well along on the construction in this newly developed area. Just wish I knew what all this stuff is.
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That's OK, this guy's on the job, we'll all know soon enough...

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07-01-2013, 11:52 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Friendswood TX
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To CHEAP FOR GOVERNMET
Appears to be a "private" venture; the Government would NEVER install such a inexpensive HVAC system.
Just "sayin"
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07-01-2013, 01:28 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Midlothian Texas
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I just love it when you go snooping around the desert. 
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07-01-2013, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: 45G, Brighton, MI
Posts: 1,867
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Originally Posted by n5lp
I agree with the idea of a rocket engine test fixture but geeze it is hard to figure out the plumbing and mounting and exhaust and load paths. There is another apparent rocket engine test fixture elsewhere on the grounds that I reported on earlier.

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If it has something to do with rockets, it could be a component test stand as opposed to a full up engine. Things like pre-burners and turbopumps don't have a lot of thrust to react.
In my experience, tanks intended for the use of gravity or pressure feeding liquids are spherical or vertical, and have inlets/outlets on the top/bottom, whereas for tanks intended for gaseous service drainage isnt a problem and it's just easier to mount them horizontally. My guess is that the tilted tanks are for gaseous service, but need to be cleaned from time to time, and are tilted to facilitate draining of cleaning fluds.
Relatively large diameter tanks with flat ends are generally for low-pressure service, while longer, smaller diameter tanks with spherical ends are for higher-pressure service.
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07-01-2013, 03:42 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Yorkshire, England
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Well - I drive past Rocket Site Road a bunch of times visiting Roger Rourke in Cuyama......
Never seen one go off yet
So - a bit of thread drift, but not much....
What is the origin of the Zzyzx Road nearby ?
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07-01-2013, 06:04 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dayton, NV
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And remember rocket engines are generally designed to work no matter the direction of the gravity vector - so they might be firing the things straight up (if it is an all-up test...). But Miles has a good point about component tests too....
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07-01-2013, 09:33 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: 45G, Brighton, MI
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Originally Posted by mike newall
Never seen one go off yet 
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Like launches, these things don't get fired every day. You just have to drive by at the right time: http://www.egr.msu.edu/files_egr/u15...ard%20Cohn.pdf
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Originally Posted by mike newall
So - a bit of thread drift, but not much....
What is the origin of the Zzyzx Road nearby ?
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Zzyzx is over 100 miles east of here, so I don't go by very often, at least not low enough to read the sign  . Up until now I really have had no clue what the story is, but I've always thought it was someone who wanted to have a place name at the very end of an alphabetized list. According to Wikipedia, that's a good guess: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx,_California
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