Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!ig!uwmcsd1!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cat.cmu.edu!dep From: dep@cat.cmu.edu (David Pugh) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Orbiter/SRB separation Message-ID: <1971@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 16 Jun 88 13:37:22 GMT References: <1869@bigtex.uucp> <4706@hplabsb.UUCP> <1934@ssc-vax.UUCP> <478@uniq.UUCP> <308@proxftl.UUCP> Sender: netnews@pt.cs.cmu.edu Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 15 In article <308@proxftl.UUCP> greg@proxftl.UUCP (Gregory N. Hullender) writes: >That problem with separating the orbiter during launch is still there, >though; even if you used something like explosive bolts to accomplish the >separation, how do you make the orbiter survive the aerodynamic forces? Has any consideration been given to using AMROC-type hybird boosters for the advanced SRBs? Being able to throttle the boosters would seem to provide numerous saftey advantages. Also, I seem to recall that the AMROC rockets had a higher Isp than the shuttle SRBs. -- DAVE BARRY'S 1987 IN REVIEW -- May 17th David Pugh The U.S. Navy frigate Stark is ....!seismo!cmucspt!cat!dep attacked by an Iraqi jet, which, under our extremely clear Mideast policy, causes us to prepare for violent confrontation with Iran.