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From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SRB Assembly and Transport
Summary: That has been proposed
Message-ID: <227@obie.UUCP>
Date: 15 Oct 88 19:30:08 GMT
References: <6689@nsc.nsc.com> <1543@hp-sdd.HP.COM> <5485@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <491@fabscal.UUCP>
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In article <491@fabscal.UUCP>, dorn@fabscal.UUCP (Alan Dorn Hetzel) writes:
> Since it is probably impractical to transport the SRBs cross-country from
> where they are currently manufactured to the cape, what about moving the
> manufacturing facility to Florida (or anywhere on the coast (either coast))
> for that matter.  Shipping by ship should prove easy.  Any comments?

I have heard that one of the requirements for the next generation of
SRBs is to have a manufacturing facility capable of loading the SRBs
directly on a barge for shipping to the Cape.  This effectively rules
out any manufacturer west of Texas, since the Panama Canal really isn't
a safe place to put large solid rocket motors.
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