[AR] Re: More MAX delays.
- From: Peter Fairbrother <peter@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:34:05 +0000
On 23/01/2020 00:06, Ben Brockert wrote:
Jeff performed his role well of pointing out the arc of recent DARPA
launch programs.
https://spacenews.com/boeing-drops-out-of-darpa-experimental-spaceplane-program/
"Boeing won a contract in 2014 to develop a rocket using an unusual
“mixed monopropellant” of nitrous oxide and acetylene, called NA-7, that
could be launched from an F-15.
However, DARPA ended plans to perform a flight demonstration with ALASA
in November 2015 after discovering that NA-7 was too volatile to be
safely handled."
While I guess up to half of what I buy is not really used much or well,
I think 'most everyone here could have told them that...
Peter Fairbrother
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