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From: KDA101@PSUVM.BITNET (KeithPetto Alexander)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SRBs
Message-ID: <90010.114320KDA101@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 10 Jan 90 16:43:20 GMT
References: <1990Jan10.142852.23804@phri.nyu.edu> <4109@orion.cf.uci.edu>
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In article <4109@orion.cf.uci.edu>, dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause)
says:
>
>In article <1990Jan10.142852.23804@phri.nyu.edu> roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
>writes:
>#       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.

Yes, they also have been known to cause problems (explosions and such)
so I would think it would be a good idea to jetison them as soon as
they are no longer needed.  Less variables, less to go wrong, we hope.
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