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Between Mission Control and a 180 foot spaceship, a question was posed to the group -- and there was Andre, recalling the type of fuel used by these 21st-century rockets liquid O2 and RP-1, for those curious.
Josh Burstein: Identifying Community Leaders Josh Burstein 2011
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Between Mission Control and a 180 foot spaceship, a question was posed to the group -- and there was Andre, recalling the type of fuel used by these 21st-century rockets liquid O2 and RP-1, for those curious.
Josh Burstein: Identifying Community Leaders Josh Burstein 2011
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If the RLL is pre-positioned at EML-1 or EML-2 in advance and if the RLL uses kerosene/LOX then the lander, its RP-1 and all other stable supplies could be pre-positioned awaiting the arrival of crew and cryogenic oxygen on a fast trajectory.
A Constellation Alternative you Might Never have Seen - NASA Watch 2009
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Something about LOX/RP-1 in the first stage, LH2 second stage, old Russian engines ... part frankenrocket, part heritage ...
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Between Mission Control and a 180 foot spaceship, a question was posed to the group -- and there was Andre, recalling the type of fuel used by these 21st-century rockets liquid O2 and RP-1, for those curious.
Josh Burstein: Identifying Community Leaders Josh Burstein 2011
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Incidentally, the Saturn 1B rocket as flown for the Skylab 4 mission put 20.8 mT of payload into an orbit of similar inclination but ~80 km higher altitude than the ISS and it used a RP-1/LOX first stage!
Sen. Shelby's Crusade Against Commercial Space - NASA Watch 2009
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Between Mission Control and a 180 foot spaceship, a question was posed to the group -- and there was Andre, recalling the type of fuel used by these 21st-century rockets liquid O2 and RP-1, for those curious.
Josh Burstein: Identifying Community Leaders Josh Burstein 2011
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Falcon 9 is a two stage, liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene RP-1 powered launch vehicle.
Successful Engine Test Firing for SpaceX Inaugural Falcon 9 | Universe Today 2010
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Aaron McCammon is said to have recorded the entirety of his seven-track EP, APM, on a pair of inexpensive Casio machines: the RP-1 “RP” being short for Rapman, which was aimed at kids and the CA-110.
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Designed to deliver a nuclear warhead approximately 5,500 nautical miles, the Atlas D was powered by a cluster of liquid propellant rocket engines, burning liquid oxygen and RP-1, a kerosene-like fuel.
Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990
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