Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: SRB solutions
Message-ID: <1989Oct25.154212.27393@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <5474@umd5.umd.edu> <5149@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <12973@s.ms.uky.edu> <1989Oct18.172311.22863@utzoo.uucp> <2816@phred.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 89 15:42:12 GMT

In article <2816@phred.UUCP> petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) writes:
>>Can't be done.  There is no way to "kick off" the SRBs until they burn out.
>
>Are you sure about that? What is the manual SRB sep switch for and when
>can it be used? I read (I forget where) that there is a quick-disconnect
>procedure to disconnect them early if need be.

The quick-disconnect procedure is just a variant of the normal disconnect
procedure, for use in certain cases of malfunctions in the separation
process.  The manual sep switches are in case the automatic separation
system acts up.  None of these will work until the SRBs have burnt out.
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