starship-design: FW: SSRT: X-33 LOX tank passes hydrostatic proof test

["L. Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From:	Chris W. Johnson [SMTP:chrisj@mail.utexas.edu]
Sent:	Wednesday, December 10, 1997 5:55 PM
To:	Single Stage Rocket Technology News
Subject:	SSRT: X-33 LOX tank passes hydrostatic proof test


A short news item in the current (December 8, 1997) issue of Aviation Week
& Space Technology states that the dual-lobed liquid oxygen tank for X-33
has passed its hydrostatic proof test. For the full story, and a picture of
this rather odd looking tank, see the "Passing Grade" item at:

	http://www.awgnet.com/aviation/avi_int2.htm#headline6

----Chris

Chris W. Johnson

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