Deliveries To Station Crucial
Ian Whalley reports that saving 15,000 lb. on the space shuttle solid rocket boosters (SRB) by removing parachutes would permit the shuttle to deliver an additional 7,000 lb. of payload per flight to the International Space Station (AW&ST Nov. 23, p. 10). This is not possible. A “rule of thumb” we...
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