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Using Shuttle SRB technology
"Brian Thorn" wrote in message ... On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:58:20 -0500, "Jeff Findley" wrote: composites for the Shuttle at one point? Yes, from dim memory: The ASRM program used a different supplier for the composite wound casings. I'm not certain how far the rogram actually got before it was cancelled. The casings promised to be lighter, and would therefore increase the payload capacity of the shuttle stack, particularly to high inclination orbits (e.g. polar orbits launched from Vandenburg). With the demise of Vandenburg as a launch site, the motivation for the project quickly evaporated. I think you're confusing Filament-wound Solid Rocket Booster with the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor. FWSRB was a composite casing version of the standard SRB intended to improve Vandenberg performance and vanished without a trace after 51L. ASRM was a later program intended to increase payload for Space Station missions using a slightly greater diameter steel casing made up of three segments (one fewer field joint.) You're right. I was thinking of the Filament-wound Solid Rocket Booster, which was another aborted program. Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon |
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