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From: dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SRBs
Message-ID: <4109@orion.cf.uci.edu>
Date: 10 Jan 90 15:01:43 GMT
References: <1990Jan10.142852.23804@phri.nyu.edu>
Reply-To: dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause)
Organization: University of California, Irvine
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In article <1990Jan10.142852.23804@phri.nyu.edu> roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
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#	Watching the 30-second video on the news of yesterday's shuttle
#launch, I noticed that the SRBs were still burning when they separated, and
#kept doing so for at least a few seconds (i.e. as long as they showed
#them).  To me, this means they waste some significant fraction of the SRB
#thrust after separation.  Is that really true?

It's probably better to separate while they are still burning, before
they become dead weight.

Douglas Krause                     One yuppie can ruin your whole day.
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