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Old December 10th 05, 06:51 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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"Space Cadet" wrote:

Some might be wondering why we were so dumb as to run out of LOX on a
remote tropical island on the last launch attempt.
Believe me, we tried hard to avoid it, but several issues conspired to
create the problem:
* The additional month of Merlin testing resulted in
additional LOX boil-off on island.


Huh? What additional testing was needed?

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