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Due to FL Covid hospital needs of LOX, SpaceX may need to delay launches in FL.
2021-08-25
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In their Boca Chica TX Starbase, SpaceX has their own LOX and LNG plants with NG wells.
Posted by:3dc

#9  That explains the Roswell Incident, they where here for the bagels & lox
Posted by: Heriberto Bluetooth8854   2021-08-25 14:33  

#8  IIRC, Robert Goddard chose Roswell, NM for the fact that he could easily get LOX from TX via the ATSF railroad since it was a by product of the time (ca1930's) of the natural gas industry. There is a liquid gas plant next to Patrick AFB. There is also a new one in Lakeland near the power plant.
Posted by: Vinegar Spolusing6485   2021-08-25 13:06  

#7  Or is this a 'as it heats materials expand to close those gaps' a la SR-71?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-08-25 11:01  

#6  Once had a ride on a USMC C130 out of Corpus Christi. There was a steady trickle of red hydraulic fluid running down along the inside airframe (they were using Dextron; long story).
Crew chief said if the leak stopped, to let him know.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-08-25 10:59  

#5  The rear trans on a Chinook used do leak badly as well.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-08-25 10:37  

#4  Pure waste? Rather a design decision like the F-111s that deliberately leaked hydraulic fluid so that the actuators wouldn't have clogs in flight. The early F-111s actually had drip pans the ground crew placed under their wings on the ground and, as an USAF vet told me "You could tell that F-111s were on the base when you got near the runways from the smell of the hydraulics".
Posted by: magpie   2021-08-25 10:23  

#3  

Correction to my comment for better accuracy.
The figures are Feb. 2020 to date, NOT year to date.

See ICE-COVID Numbers for deeper details.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-08-25 08:02  

#2  When you see those pretty vapor clouds rolling off those rockets on the pad before launch, you are seeing pure waste. It took a lot of energy to concentrate and liquefy that O2...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-08-25 07:01  

#1  Florida C-19 Stats
Note: Last updated figures are for YESTERDAY and what the NEWS would be based on.

#1 in the USA for New C-19 Cases = +21,208
#29 for New C-19 Deaths = 6
#2 for Active C-19 cases = 779,088

OTHER STATES & STATS
#1 for New C-19 Deaths = Texas @ 215
Note: This figure includes illegal immigrant deaths.


ICE DATA
Remember to make a mental note as you read this in that currently CBP has a less than 48% capture rate for illegal border crossings.

ICE politically screened and provided data as of 08/20/2021.
25,512 of the 306,313 detainees tested, 8.32% were found infected.

We also know reading around the way the ICE data is provided.
ICE as of 08/22/2021 claims only to be holding 1,248 COVID-19 Infected persons in custody.

So the question is: If ICE is only claiming to hold 1,248 infected Illegal immigrants now. Then what did it do with the 280,801 it acknowledges it found infected so far this year?



Posted by: NN2N1   2021-08-25 06:12  

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