From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue Apr 23 2002 - 18:19:20 MDT
I'll note that I saw a blurb in this months Popular Mechanics (or was it
Popular Science?) about XCOR's EZ-Rocket. Hey, Doug, when is Jeff gonna
give me an evaluation report on the EZ-Rocket simulation I did?
Doug Jones wrote:
>
> "S.J. Van Sickle" wrote:
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >
> > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:03:55 -0700
> > From: Rich Pournelle <rich@xcor.com>
> > Subject: News: XCOR Aerospace Acquires Rotary Rocket Assets
> >
> > XCOR Aerospace Acquires Rotary Rocket Assets
> >
> > For Immediate Release
> >
> > Mojave, CA, Tuesday, April 23, 2002: XCOR Aerospace announced today that
> > it has acquired selected assets of the Rotary Rocket Company, including the
> > full and exclusive rights to all technology developed by Rotary
> > Rocket. XCOR also acquired patents for various reusable launch vehicle
> > technologies and certain equipment. The exclusive rights to the Rotary
> > Rocket video and photo archive were included in the acquisition.
> >
> > "Our team has previous experience with these technologies and can rapidly
> > incorporate them into our products," said XCOR CEO Jeff Greason. The
> > company plans to use some of the Rotary Rocket technology in its own
> > vehicle and engine designs and may also license technology to clients for
> > other projects.
> >
> > In addition to the patents, a variety of other technological innovations
> > developed at Rotary Rocket were acquired by XCOR. These include designs
> > and test data for high-performance liquid oxygen / kerosene rocket engines,
> > composite liquid oxygen tank technology, and rocket engine injector technology.
> >
> > XCOR Aerospace is a California corporation located in Mojave,
> > California. The company is in the business of developing and producing
> > safe, reliable and re-usable rocket engines and rocket powered vehicles.
> >
> > For photos and more information visit: http://www.xcor.com/rotaryrocket.html
> >
> > Press Contact: Wayne Hammack
> > The Hammack Group
> > Phone 303-469-7479
> > hammackgroup@aol.com
>
> Yeah, I don't have to pretend to have amnesia any more :)
>
> We'll have more press releases at Space Access later this week, and note
> also
> http://www.darpa.mil/body/pdf/RASCAL.pdf
>
> --
> Doug Jones, XCOR Rocket Plumber
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 09:13:38 MST