On Feb 9, 11:55�pm, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:39:27 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch

wrote:
Someone ought to buy up all the shuttle SRB segments so they can be re-
filled and then sold to Bigelow to launch his habitats.

You'd have to put a second stage on top of one, and the second stage
ends up being not much smaller than a Delta IV or Atlas V, as we saw
with Ares I.

Dont bother
with parachutes or such nonsense, re-using them was always more for PR
than for any savings.

It was actually for safety, so engineers could examine them
post-launch, spot problems and take corrective actions.

Brian

yeah they were very proactive before challenger

reuse sounded nice, and added safety risks.