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Need help with a rocket motor ID
While playing "Stump the Bland," "Dave Kearton" wrote:
I've just received a few pics of a small rocket motor, from a friend of mine. It's about 2Kg and about 45cm long with a 10cm wide nozzle. It's a liquid fuel motor and doesn't look like it has any electrical connections. We're all guessing it could be some form of reaction nozzle for (maybe) a Gemini or Apollo capsule. It doesn't look like a Gemini or Apollo article. They had ablative nozzle linings and assorted electrical components attached to the top of the unit. The spiral exterior of the casing suggests that this rocket uses a regenerative cooling system, which I don't think appeared on Gemini or Apollo. My best guess is that an amateur rocketeer built it. Failing that, it *might* be a secondary propulsion motor from an Agena upper stage or--remotely--a midcourse correction motor from a Ranger/Mariner test article. (I'd suggest asking Henry Spencer on sci.space.history, but jeeze, who wants to despoil ssh with something on-topic?) --Bill Thompson |
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