Talk:Bagel (disambiguation)

Rocket fuel
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Bagel was also the whimsical name suggested by pioneering rocket fuel scientist Mary Sherman Morgan, who engineered the Hydyne-LOX (Liquid OXygen) fuel combination used by North American Aviation in their early U.S. rocket designs of the incipient space race. Sherman suggested calling her new fuel invention Bagel since the Redstone propellant combination would then be called 'LOX and Bagel.'  Her suggested name for the new fuel was not accepted, and 'Hydyne' was chosen instead by the U.S. Army. The standard Redstone was fueled with a 75% ethyl alcohol solution, but the Jupiter-C first stage had used Hydyne fuel, a blend of 60% unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and 40% diethylenetriamine (DETA). This was a more powerful fuel than ethyl alcohol, but it was also more toxic.

The fuel was used with the Rocketdyne Redstone rocket only once – to launch America's first satellite Explorer I, after which it was discontinued in favor of higher performing fuels.

— LOL T/C 15:11, 6 May 2010 (UTC)


 * The material has now been transferred into the primary article Hydyne, but will also be referenced on this disambiguation page. HarryZilber (talk) 01:39, 6 August 2010 (UTC)