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From: allen@mmm.UUCP (Kurt Allen)
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Subject: Redesign of SRB seals
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 09:32:14 EST
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Aviation Week and Space Technology reported that the presidential
board are "expected to recommend a significant redesign of the [SRB]
seals-changes that will take 18 to 24 months to incorporate if they require
new steel solid rocket booster forgings". I was incorrect when I earlier
said that the decision had been made to redesign the seals.

Re MIR. (Soviet Space Station) AVW&ST reports that is on course to rendezvous
with the earlier Salyut 7, and is expected to dock with it. Seems a might
smarter way to design a station thus, than to design it to be built all at 
once as [I think] we are doing.
-- 
	Kurt W. Allen
	3M Center
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