Xref: utzoo sci.space:7201 sci.space.shuttle:1287 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pyrdc!pyrnj!rutgers!att!whuts!sw 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 Lines: 13 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. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If all statisticians were laid end to end | Stuart Warmink, NAPC across the Atlantic, 99% would drown :-) |!whuts!sw Whippany NJ USA -----------> My opinions are not necessarily those of my employer <-----------