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.p043 pintle injector, TRW sues alleging trade secret theft .p044 McGregor site former [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beal_Aerospace | Beal Aerospace ]] |
.p043 pintle injector, TRW sues alleging trade secret theft runway 35 .p044 !McGregor site former [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beal_Aerospace | Beal Aerospace ]], [[ https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4683143,-97.3913987,18853m/data=!3m1!1e3 | 10 mi ]] from airport runway 35 ( 5000 ft) .p049 [[ ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-chinnery-3215a478/ | Anne Chinnery ]] b1966, USAF Academy masters aeronautical engineering 1993, 1999 Microcosm, Launch Engineer SpaceX 2003-2013, now [[ https://firefly.com/ | Firefly Aerospace ]] . note: Firefly Alpha FLTA002 deployed 3 satellites 1 October 2022 .p052 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_3 | Space Launch Complex 3 ]] at Vandenberg . note: I watched the first launch attempt of [[ http://www.astronautix.com/a/amrocirr.html | AMROC IRR ]] from [[ http://www.astronautix.com/v/vandenberg576a3.html | VAFB 576A3 ]] 120.60W 34.78N in 1989, 15 miles north of SLC-3, 120.588W 34.643N |
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Elon Musk and the desperate early days that launched SPACEX
Eric Berger, 2021, Beaverton Library 629.4 BER
Eric Berger is Senior Space Editor at ars technica
- mostly about Falcon 1 development and test
- p001 Starhopper landing test fail, crash, but FAA 500 foot altitude limit prevented fireball
- p005 USC students Brian Bjelde (Rat Chicken) and Phil Kassouf, SpaceX new hures
- p007 Gans Koenigsmann VP avionics
- p009 Adeo Ressi entrepreneur friend
p010 Chris Thompson Boeing -> SpaceX
- p011 Jim Cantrell
- p011 John Garvey Boeing rocket engines
- p011 Tom Mueller (p29 Merlin engine)
- p011 Reaction Research Society, So Cal rocketry club
p011 Ignition! John Drury Clark
- p012 Mike Griffin, future NASA administrator
- p012 Peter Diamandis
- p014 2022 May 6 Space Exploration Technologies
p015 Hans Koenigsmann Microcosm
- p017 Mary Beth Brown, assistant to Musk 2022 August
- p017 Gwynne Shotwell
- p018 Steve Johnson
- p020 Phil Kassouf EE Falcon 1 onboard computer
- interview: south east south triangle at north pole, but also 1+1/2pi miles north of south pole
- p021 Bulent Altan - Musk asks Larry Page to transfer Ms. Altan to Google's LA office
- p022 Florence Li
p028 Tim Buzza: McGregor test site director
p033 Reaction Research Society So.Cal website
p035 Bezos Blue Origin
- p036 "Bezos is not great at engineering, to be frank" says Musk
p038 Barber-Nichols turbopump contractor, 150 pounds, 3000 horsepower, evolved to 12000 h.p. in Falcon 9
- p040 Jeremy Hollman, gas generator engineer
- p041 machining firm Mustang Engineering, owner Bob Reagan became SpaceX VP of machining
- p043 pintle injector, TRW sues alleging trade secret theft runway 35
p044 McGregor site former Beal Aerospace, 10 mi from airport runway 35 ( 5000 ft)
p049 Anne Chinnery b1966, USAF Academy masters aeronautical engineering 1993, 1999 Microcosm, Launch Engineer SpaceX 2003-2013, now Firefly Aerospace
- note: Firefly Alpha FLTA002 deployed 3 satellites 1 October 2022
p052 Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg
note: I watched the first launch attempt of AMROC IRR from VAFB 576A3 120.60W 34.78N in 1989, 15 miles north of SLC-3, 120.588W 34.643N
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