02-04-2013, 10:34 AM
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Old Far...er...Rocketeer
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Plano, TX resident since 1998.
Posts: 3,965
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Originally Posted by kevinj
So just hoping the ejection charge of the E28 would light the E9 while it was still pointing up?
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More than hoping. Ted had done some experimenting in a test stand environment, so there was a reasonable expectation of success. And, as I noted, the delay was trimmed to minimize the coast time before staging.
Doug
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