Space Shuttle Propulsion Testing Doubled To Buttress Launch Safety
The orbiter Discovery's 8-min. 30-sec., zero-to-Mach 25 launch to orbit will be propelled by Space Shuttle Main Engines and Solid Rocket Boosters that have undergone substantially increased testing and rigorous quality oversight in the two years since the Columbia accident. Any serious propulsion...
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