Reusable Solid Rocket Motor Undergoes Testing

Credit: ATK
Gas heated to 2,600F pours from a space shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motor at 8,400 ft./sec. in this Mar. 9 test. Four RSRM motor segments that had undergone "extended exposure" to the Ken- nedy Space Center environment were fired at ATK Thiokol's Promontory, Utah, facility to gauge post-aging...

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