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A Spaceplane Is Born: A Day in the Life of a Cold Flow, Part Three – Setup

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:02
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XCOR Aerospace’s Bryan Campen blogs about the birth of a spaceplane, the XCOR Lynx.

by bryan campen

MOJAVE, Calif. — So we’ve covered the rollout and bottle trailer, today we’ll show you a bit about the cold flow setup.

Instead of a control bunker, a table is set with the same control box and Data Acquisition setup we would have for a live hotfire. Since cold flows are close by the hangar, crews larger than those at a hot fire can participate in discussions between flows.

XCOR CEO Jeff Greason keeps a keen eye on the test for any sign of a problem. – XCOR Aerospace 

A number of XCOR staff discuss the results of a cold flow and decide what to do next. – XCOR Aerospace 

Tomorrow, experience the cold flow!

Questions or comments? Hit us up on Twitter or Facebook, or in the comments section on our XCOR blog.
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You can find all previous entries in this series under the ‘Suborbital’ tab on the website’s masthead.

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: A sister company to Moonandback Media, LLC, Moonandback Travel Inc., markets the opportunity to participate in Lynx spaceplane flights.



Source: http://moonandback.com/2013/10/30/a-spaceplane-is-born-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-cold-flow-part-three-setup/

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