Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
They are testing engines,



The first stage has failed.
Politics dictated a solid fuel first stage and the thing burns out
generating a 5 Hz pulse that would blind the flight crew.
Apparently someone thinks Thiokol is worth keeping in business.
They would have been a lot better off with a liquid fueled system.
This is a dog that might never hunt.
It will only work if the damping system under development works and that's
going to weigh a lot.
Stupid ****s.


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John R. Carroll
www.machiningsolution.com