Erps.org is the experimental rocket propulsion society
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FrontPage - ERPS
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In the beginning...
The Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS) was founded in February of 1993 to gather interested amateurs in a group that would learn about, design, build and test liquid fuel rocket engines. Its founders, Michael Wallis and Kevin Bollinger, hoped to foster and disseminate "nuts and bolts" knowledge of rocket science, and thereby speed the day when truly routine access to space would be achieved.
Early on, the group decided to concentrate on developing and testing high density, room-temperature-storable propellant combinations. The reason was because they allowed the maximum amount of work to be done with little logistics overhead and the minimum amount of risk to life and limb. After research and consultations, high-purity, high-test Hydrogen Peroxide (H
or HTP) was selected as the oxidizer of choice, with the intent to use it with a high-density kerosene such as JP5 or regular Jet-A in bipropellant engine designs. Initially, the HTP itself could serve as a monopropellant in simple monopropellant engine designs, permitting the group to "cut its teeth" on relatively safe rockets with reasonable performance.
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