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John M Powell

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Dad, President of JP Aerospace, pilot, spaceship, airship and submarine builder, accordion squeezer and violin squeaker .

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Thursday we conducted magnetohydrodynamic test firing #142 and #143. This was mainly an Integration test. We cooled the magnets down to -109F to create a stronger magnetic field. We needed to work out checklist changes to handle it. We ran this one at 35,000 volts.

Thursday we conducted magnetohydrodynamic test firing #142 and #143. This was mainly an Integration test. We cooled the magnets down to -109F to create a stronger magnetic field. We needed to work out checklist changes to handle it. We ran this one at 35,000 volts.

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Airship to Orbit. The vision in 17 seconds.

Airship to Orbit. The vision in 17 seconds.

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