Purdue conducts rocket research for NASA

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Purdue University engineers are conducting research to help NASA develop rockets more quickly and less expensively for space missions.<br /><br />The article:<br /><br />Space Daily Link <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>
 
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Not quite newsartist <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Amelia Earhart taught at Purdue for a bit. One of the dorms on campus is even named after her. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>The NASA-funded research focuses on liquid-fueled rockets, specifically understanding how fuel <font color="yellow">and a component called the oxidizer</font>interact inside a rocket engine's fuel injectors to cause unstable combustion...<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Such a fine technical writing is expected when it comes to Purdue's engineering <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />. <<< now running for cover as the warth of "purduerites" rains upon me>>><br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p> "Combustion instability is a complex phenomenon that has hindered rocket development since the beginning of the Space Age," said Nicholas Nugent, a doctoral student in Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. "We have to learn more about instability before future engines can be developed and used for space flight. Predicting combustion instability is one of the most difficult aspects of developing a rocket engine."<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />I think Mr. Nugent will be shocked to learn, as a result of this research, that NASA's funding instability is even more complex and puzzling than combustion instability. While it is observed as a recurring phenomena, its underlying cause changes on every occasions. He may even discover a new element called "NASA Adminstratium" in the complex metal category, however; it contains no protons, no photons, and no electrons, but have a very destructive electrical charges that's equivalent to "enrons". It tends to inflate the vaule of its internal energy though no work was produced....<br /><br />Instead of ignition delays, Mr. Nugent may find NASA's funding delays more fasinating and the inertia to overcome requires a lot more than the activation energy required to cause combustion to occur between fuel and <i>"...a component called the oxidizer..."</i> <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />. He will soon correlate this f <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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