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	KISS-II_Flt_3.mpg 5.9M Monday, 28-May-2007 16:19:17 PDT KISS II Flight #3 - Mojave Test Area - 14 Apr 02 The third KISS II Flight - Sunday morning. This was less than 3 hours after the first flight, demonstrating fast reuse and high reliability.
	KISS-II_Flt_2.mpg 3.6M Monday, 28-May-2007 16:17:19 PDT KISS II Flight #2 - Mojave Test Area - 14 Apr 02 Sunday morning flight of KISS II - < 16 hours after the first flight. (We stopped for Dinner and Sleep.) This flight demonstrated basic reusability of the KISS vehicle.
	KISS-II_020413.mpg 17M Monday, 28-May-2007 16:16:07 PDT KISS II Flight #1 - Mojave Test Area - 13 Apr 02 Just over 2 months after the first flight and crash, the rebuilt KISS II vehicle makes a perfect first flight.
	KISS-020210.mpg 3.6M Monday, 28-May-2007 15:56:00 PDT KISS first flight - Mojave Test Area - 10 Feb 02 The vehicle is 9' tall, 6" in diameter and generates 220 lb of thrust from the engine. The propellant is 85% Hydrogen Peroxide. The catalyst is silver plated nickel foam. The vehicle reached an altitude of about 2,100 m but the chute failed to deploy. Impact was 1.9 km downrange. Time of flight was 41 seconds. It is being rebuilt and will fly again, currently targeted for April 2002.
	DryTest3.mpg 3.3M Monday, 28-May-2007 15:58:54 PDT Repeat KISS pressurant firing and hop. Watch the foam brick fly.
	DryTest2.mpg 3.1M Monday, 28-May-2007 15:57:47 PDT KISS pressurant firing. Even with no engine and no propellant, the vehicle "hoped" up a few inches.
	DryTest1.mpg 2.2M Monday, 28-May-2007 15:56:45 PDT Multiple firing test with pressurant only.
	Distro.mpg 4.1M Monday, 28-May-2007 15:54:49 PDT Dan shows off the finished Distribution Plate for the KISS engine
	Silver-12Aug01.mpg 6.1M Monday, 28-May-2007 16:02:25 PDT Silver packed engine with 85% H2O2 - Multiple firings were done to verify repeatability of engine start.
	Cermet-12Aug01.mpg 4.4M Monday, 28-May-2007 16:00:23 PDT Cermet packed engine with 99.2% H2O2 - note the colour the engine casing gets as the firing progresses.