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Old January 4th 07, 01:17 AM posted to sci.space.history,sci.space.policy
Pat Flannery
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Jonathan Goff wrote:

But all the guys I know who've done peroxide (John Carmack,
my boss Dave, some of the ERPS guys, etc) say it looks just like a
peroxide engine. Maybe that was steam, not frost?

But overall, pretty darned cool.


Black Arrow had the same H2O2/RP-1 combo propellents, and its exhaust
was almost invisible:
http://www.astronautix.com/graphics/p/prospero.jpg

Pat