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From: miorelli@pwa-b.UUCP (Bob Miorelli)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Other types of SRBs
Message-ID: <200@pwa-b.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 13:59:27 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 20 13:59:27 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 23-Feb-86 06:19:08 EST
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Organization: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, E. Hartford, CT
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According to the latest (2/17) Aviation Week the new style SRBs have
essentially the same type of joints found in the Challenger SRBs.  The
new SRBs are filament wound to reduce weight, but have steel joints
between the segments.  This causes two concerns: 1) the joints are
similar to the ones that presumably failed, and 2) there is a new
factor -- the filament wound casing to steel joint interface -- another
point for potential failure.
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