The Army seems to think so...http://www.spacenews.com/military/100806-nanomissile-launch-the-smallest-satellites.html
I can't find anything to say it was canceled, and it's still on the Dynetics website, so I guess it's still being studied, albeit at a low level.
Quote from: simonbp on 05/09/2012 02:40 pmI can't find anything to say it was canceled, and it's still on the Dynetics website, so I guess it's still being studied, albeit at a low level.Interesting propellant combination. I'd need to crank up ISP to check it's performance but it should be *very* safe to handle. I think the days of the Army routinely handling IRFNA/UDMH (Lance missile) are gone.The logical connection would be for them to hook up with John Whitehead of LLNL. His team have worked on small pumped designs since the early 90's. IIRC they believe even SSTO is possible with the right configuration.
Quote from: simonbp on 01/04/2012 02:32 amThe Army seems to think so...http://www.spacenews.com/military/100806-nanomissile-launch-the-smallest-satellites.htmlSo ... was this going to be an operational system, or was this just some study contract that is now over and done?
N2O and C2H2 are a reasonably storable combination and essentially nontoxic.
Quote from: vulture4 on 06/17/2012 08:09 pmN2O and C2H2 are a reasonably storable combination and essentially nontoxic.I thought acetylene burned very hot and had some explosion problems.