The intake control valve was lifted off the supply skid for liquid oxygen pump four. Ahead of its replacement, Booster 17 didn’t stay in Mega Bay One for long.

However, there was a problem with a liquid oxygen pump during the second stage, and its Aeon engine never achieved full thrust. The rocket was lost.

Many other utilities in the region use oxygen but typically at one or a few of their plants. Orange County Utilities, for example, has 11 treatment plants, with one of those using liquid oxygen.

8) Pump efficiency will be better than 0.60. The rate of total energy added to fluid, at the nominal liquid methane flow rate of 10.0 GPM, shall not exceed 35W when the pump is operated continuously.

LOX pump in action. Click here for a video (Windows Media 9, 840K) Mojave, CA, Thursday, October 21, 2004: XCOR Aerospace announced today it has completed another significant milestone in its pump ...