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First we built the cinder block test facility, after obtaining the building permits from the town of Thornton, NH.
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Attaching equipment to the outside of the facility.
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Assembling the original pressure-fed LOX structure.
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More development on the original structure.
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The updated facilities had a lower LOX tank, among other changes.
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Working on the electronics and LOX system.
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Byron under the tarp on the electronics board.
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Working on the facility with the sound wall set up in the Spring of 2000. That long grass hides lots of crickets that get into everything.
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Col. Keesee manning the LOX supply.
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The finished facility!
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Carl tests the system for leaks.
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There's plenty of nitrogen boiling out of the system!
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Hard to believe that this large mess of tubes is going to fit in a 6" rocket and go up 200 km, huh?
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More redesign of the facilities in the early Fall of 2000. We made everything as modular as possible in order to make setup quicker, giving us more time to spend on testing.
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The test facility stripped bare.
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