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skybolt2003
 Post subject: Mohave explosion?
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/ts_ ... plosion_dc?
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I saw the news, no details yet...anyone hear anything?
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It was at Scaled Composites...

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/ ... 58867.html
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It looks like they were doing a cold fire test of some sort.
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They are saying it was a test of nitrous oxide flow (a test they had performed once before) for a rocket motor and there was an explosion. 2 killed 4 injured. Lots of scattered debris shown in the photos. A very sad day in Mojave.
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# killed and 3 injured here is a link

http://www.latimes.com/news/printeditio ... california

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Nitrous Oxide is an oxidizer, not a fuel so it will not burn although it might cause things around it to ignite. It is interesting to note the force of the "explosion," enough to knock over a semi-trailer.

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I saw the news, no details yet...anyone hear anything?

I heard it from here (Quartz Hill).... knew it wasn't the usual sonic boom. Friend of mine was welding on that test stand contraption the day before....

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