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From: sw@whuts.UUCP (WARMINK)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Unmanned w/old SRBs (was Re: space news from July 11 AW&ST)
Summary: Mixed in
Message-ID: <4811@whuts.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 88 20:09:11 GMT
References: <1988Aug16.040406.5434@utzoo.uucp> <6137@dasys1.UUCP> <484@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <484@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM>, johnson@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. T. Johnson) writes:
> (.....) but why not remove the oxidizer from the
> old segments and put it into the new ones?  

The oxidiser is mixed with the other components of the fuel into a liquid
mixture. This liquid is then left to solidify in the appropriate shape for 
each segment. Extracting the oxidiser from this hard, rubber-based mixture 
is probably more difficult (if at all possible) than starting from scratch.
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