OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org
wrote:

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:02:50 GMT, (Henry Spencer)
wrote:

Correct; *that* approach was just on its way out at the time. The
Gemini bipropellant thrusters had considerably better performance, and
originally looked like they would cause fewer hassles. (It's not clear
that they really did...)

...Well, at least for *one* flight it didn't :-)

The hassles were related to wiring, they could have happened
regardless of the propellant(s) used.

D.
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