From the video: youtu.be/t5EALE40xhU
The proper way to dispose of reject solid propellant is to burn it.
How perfect. =)
So we save the rejects of the year for a annual burn, such as a Q-grain with lumpy oxidizer and my cracked titanium sponge grain that destroyed the upper half of my friend’s Nest Rocket. (boom: www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/10547407855 )
We end with a rare 54mm Aerotech single use J125 moonburner in a minimum-diameter lightweight airframe. It punched a supersonic hole in the sky.
More Photos: www.facebook.com/jurvetson/posts/10153546042440611
J125 ThurstCurve (it has an impressive 10-second burn): www.thrustcurve.org/simfilesearch.jsp?id=945
P.S. The video opens with my discovery of the Hotel’s spy cam pointing at this location…Photo of the lobby big screen view: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153526755490611&set…
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