On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:36:15 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Kim
Keller" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:


"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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Last time I checked, Boeing was a major part of the launch industry.

Indeed they are, but they are just one part of an industry that uses a
broader definition of TTS than the one you put forward as the sole
definition.

I put it forward as the only useful definition in the context of the
discussion (e.g., can the SRBs be safely shut down?). They don't have
a thrust termination system in that sense.