Posted on 12/08/2009 6:15:01 PM PST by KevinDavis
Chennai, Dec 6 (IANS) The Indian space agency is expected to take a major step in January towards realising its next generation rocket by ground-firing the world’s third largest - in terms of fuel mass and length - solid rocket booster developed in-house.
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I’m glad more countries are getting into the space game. Of course, I really hope its for peaceful purposes.
It won’t be for long they will use it for military purposes.
They have Bollywod which is peaceful. Then there is the Thuggee (aka Indy Jones and the Temple of Doom) which was not very peaceful.
Wish them a peaceful trip too.
How many starving people in India again?
Based on the info in the article, they have a way to go on the solid rocket technology. Specific impulse is around 206, where other western designs run about 240-250. Assume HTPB is a form of Polybutadiene (fuel), Ap is Ammonium Perchlorate (oxidizer), Al is powdered aluminum (primarily as a catalyst). One hurdle would be large propellant castings (called grains). The other is nozzle design. Improving the latter optimizes the specific impulse.
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