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Old April 30th 05, 11:35 PM
ed kyle
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Default Titan SRMU Future Use?

Sorry if this has already been addressed.

Watching the next to last Titan the other night
got me to wondering about those powerful Alliant
solid rocket motor (upgrades) SRMU's that poured
out 1,500 metric tons of combined thrust at
liftoff. These babies were developed at great
cost during the mid-1990s and will, after the
last Titan flies in a couple of three months,
have flown only 17 missions. All SRMUs have
flown successfully to date.

Is there any possibility that these high-thrust
rocket motors could be applied to another launch
vehicle? My back-of-the-envelope figuring hints
that a Delta IV or Atlas V hauled aloft by twin
SRMUs could put well more than 30 metric tons
into LEO - significantly more than either EELV
Heavy design.

NASA's going to need heavier lift to go to the
Moon. Could SRMU, a rocket already bought and
paid for and about to be tossed into the
dustbin after having hardly been broken in, play
a role? Or is it too late?

- Ed Kyle

 




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