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From: zweig@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: SRB floatation question
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Date: 7 Dec 88 04:50:00 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!zweig    Dec  6 22:50:00 1988


Does anyone know offhand:

a) How far downrange do the SRB's hit the Atlantic, and

b) How deep is the water there, and

c) How do they get the things to float back up? Is it something the
   divers have to go down and hook on or is it some system inside the
   boosters themselves?

Forgive me if it's been asked before. I just saw the boosters floating so
nicely after Atlantis took off (CNN footage) and it got me wondreing...


Johnny Zweig
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Computer Science