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The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incident(s) occurred during the past week.
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Occasionally a search will produce a MySQL error. The error seems to occur when a query has a null result.
It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly. They do display properly in phpBB3
There appears to be a minor bug in Search. If a search turns up nothing, it should report that.
Instead, the php delivers a long list of status data that is not particularly helpful to the average person.

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

Introduction of a set of three topics to explore iterative rocket design.
GW Johnson is working on a spreadsheet that appears capable of handling the multiple phases of flight of an SSTO.

0) Progress with OpenFOAM simulation of the Merlin engine
The current subphase is developing mesh to prepend to the intake - A physical model of the existing intake is in development.
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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The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incident(s) occurred during the past week.
This is post 249
Occasionally a search will produce a MySQL error. The error seems to occur when a query has a null result.
It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly. They do display properly in phpBB3
There appears to be a minor bug in Search. If a search turns up nothing, it should report that.
Instead, the php delivers a long list of status data that is not particularly helpful to the average person.

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

Introduction of a set of three topics to explore iterative rocket design.
GW Johnson is working on a spreadsheet that appears capable of handling the multiple phases of flight of an SSTO.

0) Progress with OpenFOAM simulation of the Merlin engine
The current subphase is developing mesh to prepend to the intake - A physical model of the existing intake is in development.
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

(th)

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incident(s) occurred during the past week.
Occasionally a search will produce a MySQL error. The error seems to occur when a query has a null result.
It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly. They do display properly in phpBB3
There appears to be a minor bug in Search. If a search turns up nothing, it should report that.
Instead, the php delivers a long list of status data that is not particularly helpful to the average person.

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

Introduction of a set of three topics to explore iterative rocket design.
GW Johnson is working on a spreadsheet that appears capable of handling the multiple phases of flight of an SSTO.

0) Progress with OpenFOAM simulation of the Merlin engine
The current subphase is developing mesh to prepend to the intake - A physical model of the existing intake is in development.
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

(th)

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incident(s) occurred during the past week.
Occasionally a search will produce a MySQL error. The error seems to occur when a query has a null result.
It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly. They do display properly in phpBB3
There appears to be a minor bug in Search. If a search turns up nothing, it should report that.
Instead, the php delivers a long list of status data that is not particularly helpful to the average person.

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

Introduction of a set of three topics to explore iterative rocket design.

0) Progress with OpenFOAM simulation of the Merlin engine
The current subphase is developing mesh to prepend to the intake - A physical model of the existing intake is in development.
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

(th)

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incident(s) occurred during the past week.
Occasionally a search will produce a MySQL error. The error seems to occur when a query has a null result.
It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly. They do display properly in phpBB3
There appears to be a minor bug in Search. If a search turns up nothing, it should report that.
Instead, the php delivers a long list of status data that is not particularly helpful to the average person.

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

Introduction of a set of three topics to explore iterative rocket design.

0) Progress with OpenFOAM simulation of the Merlin engine
The current subphase is developing mesh to prepend to the intake - A physical model of the existing intake is in development.
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

(th)

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incident(s) occurred during the past week.
Occasionally a search will produce a MySQL error. The error seems to occur when a query has a null result.
It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly. They do display properly in phpBB3
There appears to be a minor bug in Search. If a search turns up nothing, it should report that.
Instead, the php delivers a long list of status data that is not particularly helpful to the average person.

Google Meeting was back on track after a skip for Father's Day.
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 - A physical model of the existing intake is in development.
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

(th)

The FluxBB system continues performing well.
No incident(s) occurred during the past week.
Occasionally a search will produce a MySQL error. The error seems to occur when a query has a null result.
It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly. They do display properly in phpBB3
There appears to be a minor bug in Search. If a search turns up nothing, it should report that.
Instead, the php delivers a long list of status data that is not particularly helpful to the average person.

Google Meeting was back on track after a skip for Father's Day.

The previous Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
Work progressed on a solar powered propulsion system.
GW Johnson has completed a Preliminary Patent Application at the US Patent Office, for an on-orbit refueling technique
A software program called XYTRAJ.BAS was restored to operation in QuickBASIC on a Windows XP.
The program was then converted to Visual Basic (ca 2019) and compiled in Visual Studio 2008 on a 32 bit machine.
The resulting EXE runs in the 32 bit emulator on Windows 10.

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 - A physical model of the existing intake is in development.
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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The FluxBB system continues performing well.
One incident(s) occurred during the past week.
Occasionally a search will produce a MySQL error. The error seems to occur when a query has a null result.
It appears that certain Unicode symbols do not display properly. They do display properly in phpBB3
There appears to be a minor bug in Search. If a search turns up nothing, it should report that.
Instead, the php delivers a long list of status data that is not particularly helpful to the average person.

Google Meeting was back on track after a skip for Father's Day.

The previous Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
Work progressed on a solar powered propulsion system.
GW Johnson has completed a Preliminary Patent Application at the US Patent Office, for an on-orbit refueling technique
We spent some time looking at the archive of patents maintained by the US Patent Office

The next Google Meeting will again feature discussion of a space propulsion system.
GW Johnson has updates on his patent application
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 - A physical model of the existing intake is in development.
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

(th)

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
There appears to be a minor bug in Search. If a search turns up nothing, it should report that.
Instead, the php delivers a long list of status data that is not particularly helpful to the average person.

We skipped Google Meeting for Father's Day.

The previous Google Meeting was interesting and productive as usual.
Work progressed on a solar powered propulsion system.
GW Johnson has completed a Preliminary Patent Application at the US Patent Office, for an on-orbit refueling technique
We spent some time looking at the archive of patents maintained by the US Patent Office

The next Google Meeting will again feature discussion of a space propulsion system.
GW Johnson has updates on his patent application
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 - A physical model of the existing intake is in development.
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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