Draft Letter to NASA in Support of Solid Rocket Motors Circulating on Capitol Hill “As you know, the final design of the SLS is long overdue. This is perplexing since […]
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DoD View of Solid Rocket Motor Industry Base
Report to Congress on the Solid Rocket Motor Industrial Base Sustainment and Implementation Plan Redacted Version (Excerpt), DoD “Based on the analysis and findings of the Interagency Task Force, the […]
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SRBs Put Out 144 million pounds of thrust? Don't Think So.
NASA Releases First-Ever HD Footage Of SRB Recovery Ship Mission “For the first time, NASA has released high-definition video taken during the retrieval of solid rocket booster segments from the […]
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NASA to Congress: HLV Will Cost More, Take Longer, Look The Same
NASA Delivers Heavy Lift Proposal to Congress, Space News “NASA told U.S. lawmakers Jan. 10 it intends to build a heavy-lift rocket that incorporates the space shuttle’s main engines, giant […]
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ATK's Congressional Delegation Chats with Bolden and Garver
Utah congressional delegation meet with NASA officials, Dixie Press “NASA has signaled an interest recently in possibly circumventing the law,” Hatch said. “My purpose in calling this meeting was to […]
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SRB's On The Move. Last Time We See This?
Stacked Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters On the Move at KSC, Ken Kremer “The twin Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB’s) that will power Shuttle Endeavour for her final flight to orbit in […]
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ATK's Senator Gloats
Hatch: Passage of NASA Reauthorization Takes Utah’s Solid Rocket Industry off Life Support “Hatch was successful in getting language inserted in the bill which details specific payload requirements for a […]
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Rocket Motors to Nowhere?
Frank’s note: Heaven forbid that the 5-segment solid rocket motor test would have blown up – nobody in their right minds would want that. But I have to ask why […]
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Last Shuttle SRBs Arrive at KSC
Last Shuttle Booster Segments Arrive at KSC, Ken Kremer “In another sign that NASA’s space shuttle program is winding down to retirement, the very last segments for the shuttles mighty […]
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There Are Several Reasons Not To Fly Any More Ares
Bolden at odds with Nelson on Ares I tests , Orlando Sentinel “I can’t pay for an Ares I today. It’s too expensive,” said Bolden, speaking after a meeting of […]