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jayWorking on a Lunar Pathfinder proposal, on comms and mission ops... the adapter ring that attaches the payload to the top of the rocket is an ESPA (ELV secondary payload adapter). Which we're going to use as the frame of our secondary payload, sticking engines in it. Of course, as in other things, as the secondary we would defer to the primary's needs...
In the US, ESPAs are made by one niche company, CSA Engineering. Which happens to be located here in Mountain View, near Costco... who knew? Some nondescript 2-story warehouse building, among dozens there near US 101.
In the US, ESPAs are made by one niche company, CSA Engineering. Which happens to be located here in Mountain View, near Costco... who knew? Some nondescript 2-story warehouse building, among dozens there near US 101.
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Date: 2006-02-03 03:50 am (UTC)So it's an acronym inside an acronym? And people think there's a lot of wacky computer acronyms!
Of course, as in other things, as the secondary we would defer to the primary's needs...
Heh :-)
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Date: 2006-02-03 08:31 am (UTC)Coolness!
Drive-by question (instead of using email :-)
Date: 2006-02-03 05:07 pm (UTC)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020202721_pf.html
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Re: Drive-by question (instead of using email :-)
Date: 2006-02-03 07:32 pm (UTC)Re: Drive-by question (instead of using email :-)
Date: 2006-02-03 08:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-04 07:24 pm (UTC)