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From: rivero@kovacs.UUCP (Michael Foster Rivero)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: SPACE Digest V5 #148
Message-ID: <218@kovacs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-May-85 12:16:36 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  9 12:16:36 1985
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Summary:Truax and Kneival
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Organization: Robert Abel and Associates, Hollywood
Keywords: Truax, Rocket, Kneival

In article <> @S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC:lazear@mitre.ARPA writes:
>From: Walt Lazear <lazear@mitre.ARPA>
>
>Regarding Bob Truax, I seem to remember interviews with him on TV.
>I may be entirely wrong, but didn't he build the rocket that Evil
>Kneival used to try to jump the Snake River?  It was either that,
>or he was trying to drum up backing for his private efforts to
>provide civilian space launches.  Can anyone confirm the Kneival
>connection?
>	Walt (Lazear at MITRE)


	  Truax did indeed build the steam rocket that Kneival used is
	his  Snake River jump.  The rocket was fueled (I recall ) with
	a Hydrogen Peroxide  plus  catalyst  (Potassium  Permangenate,
	maybe) steam jet, but failed in its jump when the bolt holding
	the parachute release mechanism failed during the launch.

	  Apparently,  this   one   critical   component   was   never
	magnafluxed  to  check  for  cracks.  The  reason?  Not enough
	money.  (Congressional members please note.)


					Michael Rivero