[amsat-bb] Re: Model Rocket Booster Engine for Picosatellite

[Robert McGwier]

So the bomb on board (the pressure bottle for the Nitrogen system) isn't
hazardous?   Try selling that to Manned flight safety folks.....

Alan and Joe are right.

Bob
N4HY
 On Jan 17, 2012 4:22 AM, "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE at united.net> wrote:

> Trevor,
>
> The key part is that it was a manned mission.  The complexity of the safety
> paperwork, let alone the mission, jumps because of that.  Pyrotechnics of
> any sort are always an issue, but much less when the mission only involves
> hardware.
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Trevor .
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:34 PM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org; rhyolite at nettally.com
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Model Rocket Booster Engine for Picosatellite
>
> --- On Tue, 17/1/12, Joe Leikhim <rhyolite at nettally.com> wrote:
> > Date: Tuesday, 17 January, 2012, 3:43
> > Has anyone seen this. I am surprised
> > a shuttle mission permitted this type of booster. From what
> > I believed, safety concerns prevented most types of
> > boosters.
> >
> > http://www.rocketryplanet.com/content/view/3706/30/#axzz1jgQ85qx1
>
> There are several CubeSats being developed that will carry thrusters, for
> example Delfi-n3Xt
>
> http://delfispace.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&
> id=14&Itemid=18
>
> The safety concerns you mention relate to satellites fitted with
> conventional rocket fuel motors.
>
> The Delfi-n3Xt approach uses nitrogen as the propellant and there are other
> approaches that would also be safe to fly.
>
> 73 Trevor M5AKA
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