X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 1 [X] Return-Path: Received: from imo-m17.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.207] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 1638362 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:30:29 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.138.207; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-m17.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id q.3ca.13552a07 (57341) for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:29:49 -0500 (EST) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: <3ca.13552a07.32a58add@aol.com> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:29:49 EST Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: metric system - To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1165242589" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5331 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1165242589 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 12/4/2006 9:00:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, rijakits@cwpanama.net writes: Maybe some one is deep enough involved to guess/suggest: On a system like the Space Shuttle, where every ounce costs a lot of fuel/money/loss-of -payload: Would it not have been more efficient/economic if Thiocol would have built one end assembly plant each right at the launch complexes to make the SRBs the optimum size ( not compromised by railroads and horses backsides?) TJ Or, better yet, Aerojet General's one piece design with no giant "O" rings to fail. Lynn E. Hanover -------------------------------1165242589 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 12/4/2006 9:00:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,=20 rijakits@cwpanama.net writes:
<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>Maybe=20 some one is deep enough involved to guess/suggest:

On a system like= the=20 Space Shuttle, where every ounce costs a lot of
fuel/money/loss-of=20 -payload:
Would it not have been more efficient/economic if Thiocol wou= ld=20 have built
one end assembly plant each right at the launch complexes t= o=20 make the SRBs
the optimum size ( not compromised by railroads and hors= es=20 backsides?)

TJ
Or, better yet, Aerojet General's one piece design with no giant "O" ri= ngs=20 to fail.
 
Lynn E. Hanover
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