Re: Explosion at Mojave Airport kills two, may be Scaled Composites

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:56:05 -0500, in a place far, far away, Pat
Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:



Rick Jones wrote:
Some news outlets (websites found via google news search for mojave
airport explosion) are calling it a 'nitrous oxide "flash explosion".'


Was it hot in LA today? That's very unstable stuff in hot weather, as it
has a very low volatilization temp.
This states it was a rocket that blew up:
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Rocket_Explosion_Kills_Two_At_Mojave_In_California_999.html

Almost certainly wrong. It was an engine test, and Burt said that it
was a cold-flow test. It was an oxidizer tank explosion (nitrous).

Was that Space Ship II?

No.
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