Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz.cpd.com!dhw68k!ofa123!rick From: rick@ofa123.FIDONET.ORG (Rick Ellis) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Blowing up the Shuttle Message-ID: <121.261FF149@ofa123.FIDONET.ORG> Date: 9 Apr 90 02:07:44 GMT Organization: Universal Electronics Inc. (Gateway) Lines: 19 In a message of , Commander Krugannal (Greg_d._Moore@mts.rpi.edu ) writes: CK> Actually, to state the the RSO would blow the shuttle up is CK> a misnomer. There is a line of charges that runs along the CK> ET. The idea is simply to open a large hole and very quickly CK> depressurize the tank and dump the fuel. As long as this CK> did not hit a flame source (i.e. the SRB's or SSME's) the CK> shuttle would survive. I believe Henry has already explained CK> how the SRB's themselves would be detonated. The are also charges on each SRB. The three (ET, and 21 SRBs) charges are ganged together to that if any one is armed, they all arm. Ditto for firing. -- Rick Ellis ...!{dhw68k,zardoz,lawnet,conexch}!ofa123!rick rick@ofa123.FIDONET.ORG 714 544-0934 2400/1200/300