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| Keywords: florida state library and archives of florida statelibraryandarchivesofflorida nasa xlr-115 hydrogen fueled rocket engine xlr115hydrogenfueledrocketengine engines rockets pratt and whitney aircraft prattandwhitneyaircraft 1950s apix air products incorporated experimental airproductsincorporatedexperimental cold war coldwar space program spaceprogram space race spacerace arms race armsrace project suntan projectsuntan reference collection referencecollection science technology propulsion palm beach county palmbeachcounty rocket engine rocketengine rl-10 rl10 xlr-115 xlr115 indoor Local call number: RC08589 Title: XLR-115 hydrogen fueled rocket engine developed by Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Date: July 1959 General note: In the late 1950s, the U.S. government created a fictitious town named Apix (Air Products Incorportated, Experimental) to build and test rocket engines powered by liquid hydrogen in order to keep pace with the Soviet Union. Highly classified and requiring a large degree of secrecy, the project was given the code name "Suntan." Land near the testing ground was platted for houses to conceal the true nature of the site and Apix was even given a bogus population to add to its cover as a small fertilizer-producing community. By June 1959, the use of liquid hydrogen was determined to be too costly, the project was abandoned, and Apix dismantled. Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - col. - 10 x 8 in. Series Title: Reference Collection Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/31540 Local call number: RC08589 Title: XLR-115 hydrogen fueled rocket engine developed by Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Date: July 1959 General note: In the late 1950s, the U.S. government created a fictitious town named Apix (Air Products Incorportated, Experimental) to build and test rocket engines powered by liquid hydrogen in order to keep pace with the Soviet Union. Highly classified and requiring a large degree of secrecy, the project was given the code name "Suntan." Land near the testing ground was platted for houses to conceal the true nature of the site and Apix was even given a bogus population to add to its cover as a small fertilizer-producing community. By June 1959, the use of liquid hydrogen was determined to be too costly, the project was abandoned, and Apix dismantled. Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - col. - 10 x 8 in. Series Title: Reference Collection Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/31540 | ||||
