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The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incidents occurred during the past week.
It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly. They do display properly in phpBB3

The Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
Work progressed on a solar powered propulsion system.

The next Google Meeting will again feature discussion of a space propulsion system.
Issues currently in discussion include:

0) Progress with OpenFOAM simulation of the Merlin engine
The current subphase is developing mesh to prepend to the intake
1) How best to deliver Photons to the engine to heat hydrogen gas
2) How to couple the white hot engine to the space vessel.
3) How to steer the vessel - a possibility is to use the docking mechanism to provide tilt
4) How to deliver propellant to the Hot Bulb
5) The length of the Hot Bulb is tentatively set at 240 meters
6) How to store propellant and keep it away from the hot pipe
7) other topics as they may be suggested


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[tahanson43206]

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incidents occurred during the past week.
It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly. They do display properly in phpBB3

The Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
Work progressed on a solar powered propulsion system.

The next Google Meeting will again feature discussion of a space propulsion system.
Issues currently in discussion include:

0) Progress with OpenFOAM simulation of the Merlin engine
1) How best to deliver Photons to the engine to heat hydrogen gas
2) How to couple the white hot engine to the space vessel.
3) How to steer the vessel - a possibility is to use the docking mechanism to provide tilt
4) How to deliver propellant to the Hot Bulb
5) The length of the Hot Bulb is tentatively set at 240 meters
6) How to store propellant and keep it away from the hot pipe
7) other topics as they may be suggested


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[tahanson43206]

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incidents occurred during the past week.
An interesting situation showed up. It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly.

The Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
Work progressed on a solar powered propulsion system.

The next Google Meeting will again feature discussion of a space propulsion system.
Issues currently in discussion include:

0) Progress with OpenFOAM simulation of the Merlin engine
1) How best to deliver Photons to the engine to heat hydrogen gas
2) How to couple the white hot engine to the space vessel.
3) How to steer the vessel - a possibility is to use the docking mechanism to provide tilt
4) How to deliver propellant to the Hot Bulb
5) The length of the Hot Bulb is tentatively set at 240 meters
6) other topics as they may be suggested


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[tahanson43206]

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incidents occurred during the past week.
An interesting situation showed up. It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly.

The Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
Work progressed on a solar powered propulsion system.

The next Google Meeting will feature discussion of a space propulsion system.
Issues currently in discussion include:

1) How best to deliver Photons to the engine to heat hydrogen gas
2) How to couple the white hot engine to the space vessel.
3) How to steer the vessel - a possibility is to use the docking mechanism to provide tilt
4) How to deliver propellant to the Hot Bulb
5) A new focus is the length of the Hot Bulb - two initiatives are under way
6) A new initiative is under way to attempt to model the engine using OpenFOAM

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[tahanson43206]

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incidents occurred during the past week.
An interesting situation showed up. It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly.

The Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
Work progressed on a solar powered propulsion system.

The next Google Meeting will feature discussion of a space propulsion system.
Issues currently in discussion include:

1) How best to deliver Photons to the engine to heat hydrogen gas
2) How to couple the white hot engine to the space vessel.
3) How to steer the vessel - a possibility is to use the docking mechanism to provide tilt
4) How to deliver propellant to the Hot Bulb
5) A new focus is the length of the Hot Bulb - two initiatives are under way

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[tahanson43206]

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incidents occurred during the past week.
An interesting situation showed up. It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly.

The Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
Work progressed on a solar powered propulsion system.

The next Google Meeting will feature discussion of a space propulsion system.
Issues currently in discussion include:

1) How best to deliver Photons to the engine to heat hydrogen gas
2) How to couple the white hot engine to the space vessel.
3) How to steer the vessel - the best method appears to involve a variation on the tilt plate method
4) How to deliver propellant to the Hot Bulb

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[tahanson43206]

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incidents occurred during the past week.

The Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
Work progressed on a solar powered propulsion system.

The next Google Meeting will feature discussion of a space propulsion system.
Issues currently in discussion include:

1) How best to deliver Photons to the engine to heat hydrogen gas
2) How to couple the white hot engine to the space vessel.

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[tahanson43206]

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incidents occurred during the past week.

The Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
A flyer announcing GW Johnson's course on ellipses >> orbital ellipses is available:
http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php ... 31#p208431
Look for the link to the flyer in the disclaimer section.

The next Google Meeting will feature discussion of a space propulsion system.

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[tahanson43206]

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incidents occurred during the past week.

The Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
A flyer announcing GW Johnson's course on ellipses >> orbital ellipses is available:
http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php ... 31#p208431
Look for the link to the flyer in the disclaimer section.

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[tahanson43206]

The FluxBB system has been performing well.
However, a failure did occur during the past week. The failure involved working with MySQL. PHP reported that a resource was closed when it was accessed. The problem did not reoccur. The situation at the time of failure was a Search request.
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The Weekly Google Meeting was attended by three: Two members and one guest.

Progress is reported in two member initiatives.
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