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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on April 07, 2004, 06:44:53 am
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How do you build [big, real-life, send-you-to-orbit] rocket engines? I have to write a paper for someone, but I can't really find this info.
EDIT: I'm not expecting anyone here to be well-versed, but a link to info would be really appreciated :)
Thanks!
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Build a giant tube with a funnel at the bottom, fill it with rocket fuel (solid oxygen?), 'light the candle' and run.
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Solid or liquid?
Solid rocket boosters (SRBs) are the 2 white rockets on the side of the space shuttle. They can't be shut off once started, but are fairly simple.
Good link - http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/srb.html
And for your liquid engines (the kind on-board a space shuttle/craft)
http://woodmansee.com/science/rocket/r-liquid/index-liquid.html
phear google.
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http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20040403
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look into "the x-prize"
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Thanks beatspete, but I really mean to build, such as materials, tools, etc. I already have that info :)
BTW, when writing a paper, do you have to make your own pictures, or can you use others as long as you put them in the bibleograhpy?
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Aren't liquid-fuel rockets banned? I thought the Challenger Disaster lead to them being considered amazingly unsafe.
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Nope, they're not. Challenger was blown up by a busted O-Ring. That particular flaw has been fixed, I believe.
But that's not the point of this thread :) ;)
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not only that but it was caused by a defect in the SOLID fuel rockets
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I was thinking that they were solid-fuel, but I didn't want to say it and be wrong. Thanks for the clarification, Bob :)
Anyway, can anyone help me with my research problem? :)
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How big?
If doing just a small one, buy some gunpowder and a cardboard pipe.
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Originally posted by demon442
(solid oxygen?)
Please tell me you're making a funny with this one
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[color=cc9900]He's not, I eat the stuff regularly. It makes a great salad sauce if you melt it a bit. Helps curries burn your mouth too.[/color]
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You can freeze oxygen if it's cold enough :rolleyes:
Anyway, big enough to propell a large payload into space, Janos.
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Originally posted by Unknown Target
Thanks beatspete, but I really mean to build, such as materials, tools, etc. I already have that info :)
BTW, when writing a paper, do you have to make your own pictures, or can you use others as long as you put them in the bibleograhpy?
I think you need to look at your question a bit. Rockets to get a "large payload" into space weigh hundreds of tons. You can't make them in your garage.
doesnt mean people aren't trying,
http://www.starchaser.co.uk
Oh and yes, but use the bibleography. Who are you writing it for? I don't think many people would ask you to draw your own rocket motor diagrams...
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Large amounts of black powder. ;7
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Originally posted by Corsair
Large amounts of black powder. ;7
Packed or non-packed? ;)
As an alternaticve to all those sites, maybe a downloadable Anarchist's Cookbook would do :nervous: I recall a couple of schematics for single and multi-stage rockets.
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I'm not trying to make them in my garage. This is all for 1000 Planets (www.1000planets.com). I'm working part time (hopefully full-time, if we actually get something into space) for them, and I need to write up this proposal, so the company heads can know what options are out there.
But I didn't tell you that!
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DG: Actually, at the time I wasn't sure if there was such a thing as solid oxygen. So, to avoid making an ass of myself, I put it in parenthesis (sp?).
While we're speaking of the AC, soes anybody have a copy with the measurment still intact? All the copies that i've downloaded have lost the critical measurments in the better explosives. I'm making 4th of July fireworks this year.
For a cheaper method, use the bottle-rocket as a model. Heavily packed gunpowder in a tube with a hole in the bottom for the force to escape. Make it big enough and with enough powder and I guess its possible to get into space if it dosent explode in midair.
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look at the Space.com message boords (mission @ lounches)
some good sites, compangies
http://www.hobbyspace.com/Links/RLVNews.html (the rocket compangie)
www.spaceX.com
http://www.scaled.com/
http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home
(Jhon carmac of doom(III) fame)
i hope you find your aswers here :)
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Originally posted by wizz33
look at the Space.com message boords (mission @ lounches)
some good sites, compangies
http://www.hobbyspace.com/Links/RLVNews.html (the rocket compangie)
www.spaceX.com
http://www.scaled.com/
http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home
(Jhon carmac of doom(III) fame)
i hope you find your aswers here :)
Hey, some of those links are really cool to read. Cheers. :)
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tank you i am cerified arm chair left handed space fan :)