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Old 07-01-2013, 09:14 AM
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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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Old 07-01-2013, 10:52 AM
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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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Old 07-01-2013, 11:52 AM
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Appears to be a "private" venture; the Government would NEVER install such a inexpensive HVAC system.
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Old 07-01-2013, 01:28 PM
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I just love it when you go snooping around the desert.
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Old 07-01-2013, 01:56 PM
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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.

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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Old 07-01-2013, 03:42 PM
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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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Old 07-01-2013, 06:04 PM
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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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Old 07-01-2013, 09:33 PM
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Never seen one go off yet
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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So - a bit of thread drift, but not much....


What is the origin of the Zzyzx Road nearby ?
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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