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From: good@pixar (I appreciate Bo Derek for her mind.)
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Subject: Re: SRB's
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Date: Sat, 22-Mar-86 14:06:10 EST
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> >I remember watching a film of a test where the shuttle was fired while
> >being restrained, or was this just the SMEs?
> >

	Correct: just the main engines.  You can see film of such a test in
"The Dream Is Alive".  The hold-down system can obviously restrain the
shuttle system when only the main engines are burning, but I can't think of
any practical way to hold it down once the SRBs are lit.

		--Craig
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