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Posted: 12/2/2016 10:55:59 AM EDT
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You could fire a gun in space, right? I don't think the propellant requires oxygen to burn? Modern gun powder has an oxidizer in it. The Russians have fired a 20mm in LEO. |
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Posted: 12/2/2016 10:59:52 AM EDT
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very cool
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Posted: 12/2/2016 11:11:09 AM EDT
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My job sucks.
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Posted: 12/2/2016 11:17:40 AM EDT
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Kick ass!
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Posted: 12/2/2016 11:35:37 AM EDT
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Nm checking first page again.
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Posted: 12/2/2016 11:51:52 AM EDT
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Really cool!
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Posted: 12/2/2016 12:00:50 PM EDT
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OP, as soon as you can release gun specs/pictures, I'm betting a bunch of folks would love to build a replica....
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Posted: 12/2/2016 12:02:23 PM EDT
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Cool. Can't wait for updares.
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Posted: 12/2/2016 12:11:43 PM EDT
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OP, as soon as you can release gun specs/pictures, I'm betting a bunch of folks would love to build a replica.... Right now, it's gonna be a lower, an upper, and a BCG. Maybe a barrel if room allows and/or a Sandman S. We are 98 days out till scheduled launch, so we got time to get something put together. |
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Posted: 12/2/2016 12:22:09 PM EDT
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about 90% of our rockets are made right here on this floor. As you can see, there are quite a few "toys" laying around, this is why you can't leave rocket scientist unsupervised. Weird awesome things happen. https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5614/30566012063_51013ca874_c.jpg Um.... I play Kerbal Space Program, have a Harbor Freight Mini Mill and welder in my garage, and I am good with computers.... Can I have a job? 
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Posted: 12/2/2016 12:52:52 PM EDT
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Um.... I play Kerbal Space Program, have a Harbor Freight Mini Mill and welder in my garage, and I am good with computers.... Can I have a job? Are you a master rigger? They are looking to hire another master rigger to help with the recovery system. |
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Posted: 12/2/2016 1:20:29 PM EDT
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That's Awesome. |
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Posted: 12/2/2016 1:26:50 PM EDT
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Are you a master rigger? They are looking to hire another master rigger to help with the recovery system. Sigh... No...
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Posted: 12/2/2016 1:59:24 PM EDT
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I can make coffee for the smart people.
That is the extent of my qualification but I'd love to be there. |
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Posted: 12/2/2016 2:18:53 PM EDT
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One thing I have learned quick up here is to not tell these guys they can't do something... Then you really shouldn't tell them that launching 405gr .45/70 from an AR is impossible. Because no one needs to lob nearly 1lb of lead from an AR in a rapid fashion, ever. 
I wonder if anyone makes a magazine that'll fit/feed 45/70... |
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Posted: 12/2/2016 2:28:47 PM EDT
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So have you gotten any media types calling you guys yet, asking why you would ever want to do something so horrific?
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Posted: 12/2/2016 2:35:10 PM EDT
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So have you gotten any media types calling you guys yet, asking why you would ever want to do something so horrific? just one dude from the firearm blog. 
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Posted: 12/2/2016 2:37:32 PM EDT
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Are you hiring? I wanna do this.
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Posted: 12/2/2016 2:43:27 PM EDT
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Are you hiring? I wanna do this. are you a FAA certified master rigger? |
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Posted: 12/2/2016 2:47:55 PM EDT
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are you a FAA certified master rigger? No... But I'm really good at math and computers and physics and stuff. 
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Posted: 12/2/2016 2:49:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2016 6:12:01 PM EDT
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I guess all of the space shuttle door gunners are jealous
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Posted: 12/2/2016 6:18:59 PM EDT
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I guess all of the space shuttle door gunners are jealous Frankly I'm surprised it took this long for a SSDG joke! |
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Posted: 12/2/2016 7:28:25 PM EDT
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Interplanetary arms trafficking! I'm telling!
Seriously, that's frickin' cool. Serial #MAGA-SSDG87. |
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Posted: 12/2/2016 7:40:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2016 10:15:08 PM EDT
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We have our final engine test Dec. 19th and will have a Senator and his staff in house to watch it. I hope we have the lower by then so I can get him to take a picture with it.
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Posted: 12/2/2016 11:15:33 PM EDT
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why... because we can. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I think this is an awesome idea... so not being a dick, but... What is the point? Testing something, or just doing it for the lulz? Either way, I am 100% on board.  why... because we can. JFK"not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."JFK
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Posted: 12/2/2016 11:30:28 PM EDT
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JFK"not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."JFK 
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Posted: 12/3/2016 12:34:44 AM EDT
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just one dude from the firearm blog. Wait, wait, wait. I may be a writer of average online content, but I am not "media".
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Posted: 12/3/2016 10:52:24 AM EDT
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are you a FAA certified master rigger? Your friendly local USPA Drop Zone would know of any FAA Master Riggers nearby................... |
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Posted: 12/3/2016 10:58:04 AM EDT
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Very irresponsible. . When it re enters earth it going to land right in the middle of a playground and some kid is going to have an AR15 laser space gun.
Great job more ammo for the left. |
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Posted: 12/3/2016 11:05:51 AM EDT
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Well, the head engineers did get a FFL up here because they are building crazy guns all the time. They are working on a .357 magnum AR as we speak, so yes... it will be a unique serial number. Read this and instantly added you to IG. Lol |
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Posted: 12/3/2016 11:18:17 AM EDT
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Your friendly local USPA Drop Zone would know of any FAA Master Riggers nearby................... luckily for us we are next door to a large drop zone, and we already stole one of their master riggers.
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Posted: 12/3/2016 11:24:37 AM EDT
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Make sure the serial number starts with FBHO
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Posted: 12/3/2016 11:32:29 AM EDT
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Very irresponsible. . When it re enters earth it going to land right in the middle of a playground and some kid is going to have an AR15 laser space gun. Great job more ammo for the left. I know this is sarcasm, but since I am sure some people in the media would seriously see it this way. Let me explain. We launch essentially from White Sands Missile Range, which is 100 miles either direction from civilization. Because this Rocket is a Suborbital, meaning it never fully leaves earth's gravitational pull (Even ISS is effected by earths gravity and has to be reboosted into orbit every time a new rocket is launched up there), we only experience microgravity for about 250 seconds, that means it goes strait up and comes strait down. The vehicle use a very unique and sophisticated software that utilizes a parafoil to literally return our vehicle to it's launch pad. If we wanted to, we could launch our rocket, recover it, barring any major damage, put in another parachute, refuel it, and launch it again all in a few hours. How cool is that? |
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Posted: 12/3/2016 11:34:18 AM EDT
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when fired in space will the rifle and bullet travel at equal speed in opposite directions?
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Posted: 12/3/2016 11:39:16 AM EDT
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when fired in space will the rifle and bullet travel at equal speed in opposite directions? Newton tends to think so, but he's been wrong before. |
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Posted: 12/3/2016 11:47:21 AM EDT
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I know this is sarcasm, but since I am sure some people in the media would seriously see it this way. Let me explain. We launch essentially from White Sands Missile Range, which is 100 miles either direction from civilization. Because this Rocket is a Suborbital, meaning it never fully leaves earth's gravitational pull (Even ISS is effected by earths gravity and has to be reboosted into orbit every time a new rocket is launched up there), we only experience microgravity for about 250 seconds, that means it goes strait up and comes strait down. The vehicle use a very unique and sophisticated software that utilizes a parafoil to literally return our vehicle to it's launch pad. If we wanted to, we could launch our rocket, recover it, barring any major damage, put in another parachute, refuel it, and launch it again all in a few hours. How cool is that? That's pretty cool. And I agree with one of the previous posters. GoPro should be using that failed launch for advertising. What a ride! |
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Posted: 12/3/2016 11:51:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/3/2016 12:02:27 PM EDT
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Well, the head engineers did get a FFL up here because they are building crazy guns all the time. They are working on a .357 magnum AR as we speak, so yes... it will be a unique serial number. Interested in 357 ar????????????? 
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Posted: 12/3/2016 12:23:09 PM EDT
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That's pretty cool. I've worked on a Aerojet Rocketdyne facility a few times over the years. It's always fun to get the unofficial tour of what may or may not be laying around. And to hear the rockets test fire is pretty awesome.
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Posted: 12/3/2016 7:47:33 PM EDT
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ost
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Posted: 12/3/2016 8:18:45 PM EDT
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Newton tends to think so, but he's been wrong before. No, Newton's 3rd law conserves momentum, not velocity. They'll go in opposite direction at speeds based on their weight. But seriously. I want to do this shit. |
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Posted: 12/4/2016 1:26:43 AM EDT
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Not going to happen. The closest country is Mexico, and hell, I'd probably get hired with the ATF if that happened. They love me up there. I see what you did there. I remember the epic owning you did to the atf. |
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Posted: 12/5/2016 11:28:41 AM EDT
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Figure I'll add some pics from around the shop floor.
This is nosecone PC unit that basically controls the whole rocket. We have 3 engineers who double check everyones work, so it takes quite a while to get these built. It will fit nice and snug right up in the nose cone. 
This is our static engine test sled. The fuel bladders were recycled from Morpheus 1. We built Morpheus here for NASA and then they went and destroyed it and had us rebuild it. You can read more about that project here. https://morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov/ |
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Posted: 12/7/2016 8:34:34 PM EDT
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Got the lower designed today and will be ordering it next week.
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Posted: 12/16/2016 12:11:21 PM EDT
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Going to be live streaming our final engine test on instagram Monday at 12 cst!
IG info is below in Sig. |
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