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2018-05-08 Fifth Column

WAPO, owned by Blue Origin/Amazon/Bezos - Trashes SpaceX with propaganda Story!

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Posted by 3dc 2018-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 I could see it is a hit piece but couldn't remember who benefits. Now I know.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-05-08 08:30|| 2018-05-08 08:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder when he will SpaceX propellant to kill an elephant to show how dangerous this stuff is?

Posted by Thrise Shomble3667 2018-05-08 10:01|| 2018-05-08 10:01|| Front Page Top

#3 What propellant do they use? Nasa has used liquid hydrogen for some time and that's super-cold.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-05-08 11:09|| 2018-05-08 11:09|| Front Page Top

#4 They use right now RP-1 (kereosene) and LOX. They super chill the propellant and oxidizer to make them more dense so more in the same size tank. Since they use composite tanks one of them ruptured doing fueling for a static test some time ago. I assume they fixed the problem. The BFR will use LNG for fuel and LOX as oxidizer.

Posted by Thrise Shomble3667 2018-05-08 12:11|| 2018-05-08 12:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Ooooooh, someone at WaPo made fun of Musk. Instapundit ban in 3-2-1...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-05-08 16:17|| 2018-05-08 16:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Interesting, Kerosene was suggested by Robert Zubrin as getting almost as much bang for the buck but being far easier when it comes to handling but super-cooling it probably undoes any handling advantages.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-05-08 18:18|| 2018-05-08 18:18|| Front Page Top

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