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Replacing the SRB's with Hybrids?
To reduce the risk in launching a Shuttle, would it be worthwile to replace
the SRB's with hybrid rockets, providing that we can get them up to the required efficiency in the next couple of years? |
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Replacing the SRB's with Hybrids?
To reduce the risk in launching a Shuttle, would it be worthwile to replace
the SRB's with hybrid rockets, Get rid of the freakin liquids. They're the ones that blow up. |
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Replacing the SRB's with Hybrids?
"Treez03" wrote in message ... To reduce the risk in launching a Shuttle, would it be worthwile to replace the SRB's with hybrid rockets, Get rid of the freakin liquids. They're the ones that blow up. Oh really? Exactly how many SSME related catastrophic failures has the Shuttle program had? In fact if you look at 51-L you'll find that the SSME's were in the process of executing an orderly shutdown due to lack of fuel and oxidizer when the shuttle disintegrated around them. |
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Replacing the SRB's with Hybrids?
Treez03 wrote:
To reduce the risk in launching a Shuttle, would it be worthwile to replace the SRB's with hybrid rockets, Get rid of the freakin liquids. They're the ones that blow up. But they were lit by a leak from the solids. |
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Replacing the SRB's with Hybrids?
Penguinista writes:
Treez03 wrote: To reduce the risk in launching a Shuttle, would it be worthwile to replace the SRB's with hybrid rockets, Get rid of the freakin liquids. They're the ones that blow up. But they were lit by a leak from the solids. If the SRB leak had been directed into a solid motor rather than a liquid tank, would the results have been as major? Of course, there's major offset-thrust problems in that assumption unless you're willing to reconfigure the whole thing so the orbiter sits on top of the stack instead of beside it -- which also seems like it would have been a good idea at this point (even assuming the same orbiter configuration we have now, never mind whether wings and wheels was a good idea). -- Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605 Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002 New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer Southwestern NM Regional Science and Engr Fair: http://www.nmsu.edu/~scifair |
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