Lights, camera, blastoff!

Rob Carr — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:44:00 GMT

The fuel used on board the Solid Rocket Boosters is a form of Ammonium Perchlorate. As you can see from the court case of Tripoli Rocketry Association and the National Rocketry Association vs. the BATFE

http://64.233.161.104/search?
q=cache:FrucuK9JG7gJ:www.nar.org/
pdf/2006OralArgumentDecision.pdf+
ammonium+perchlorate+explosive+deflagrate+
TRA&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3&client=firefox-a

the TRA and NAR would argue that APCP does not function by explosion. The details of explosion vs. deflagration vs. burning are a bit obscure unless you're into the chemistry, but the exact answer determines whether the BATFE has any right to control hobby rocket motors.

I would suggest you contact someone from either the NAR or the TRA to get an interesting view of the court case.

http://www.tripoli.org/documents/batfe/
20060523JointStatement.pdf

I'm not going to attempt it. I'm a biochemist; rocket science is a hobby for me, and having reliable, stable APCP motors helps keep this hobby safe for me and others like me.

Lights, camera, blastoff!

Kraven, Canada — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:24:30 GMT

That is an absolutely amazing picture of the shuttle. Someone tell NASA to put a high resolution camera or two on there so I can have a new wallpaper.

Lights, camera, blastoff!

S.Sanders Anderson,S.C. — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:47:59 GMT

I've watched the space program since back in the sixties with the Apollo missions.I've got to admit this video with a camera attached to the srb is THE most impressive i've ever seen.Would love to see more like these.

Lights, camera, blastoff!

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:46:58 GMT

Rusland halveert olie en gas produktie