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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: shuttle escape systems
Message-ID: <2815@phred.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 89 13:37:18 GMT
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In article <1307@accuvax.nwu.edu> phil@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) writes:
>total thrust (so you can't just "eject" them at will, either).
>

I read somewhere that that there is a quick-disconnect procedure for the
SRB's. Once initiated, it then takes a few seconds for it to occur. There
is a manual SRB disconnect switch on the center console between the Commander
and Pilot, but I don't know the criteria for its use.

Peter Jarvis ------- Physio-Control, Redmond, WA.