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Article #978Re: SRBs
From: Doug Krause
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 15:01
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 15:01
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In article <1990Jan10.142852.23804@phri.nyu.edu> roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes: # # Watching the 30-second video on the news of yesterday's shuttle #launch, I noticed that the SRBs were still burning when they separated, and #kept doing so for at least a few seconds (i.e. as long as they showed #them). To me, this means they waste some significant fraction of the SRB #thrust after separation. Is that really true? It's probably better to separate while they are still burning, before they become dead weight. Douglas Krause One yuppie can ruin your whole day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- University of California, Irvine Internet: dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu Welcome to Irvine, Yuppieland USA BITNET: DJKrause@ucivmsa
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!dkrause From: dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: SRBs Message-ID: <4109@orion.cf.uci.edu> Date: 10 Jan 90 15:01:43 GMT References: <1990Jan10.142852.23804@phri.nyu.edu> Reply-To: dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause) Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 15