...So if any of our L2 members have a spare moment, feel free to add some screenshots from the L2 presentations into this thread, which we'll make a SRB Q&A while we're at it.
Doesn't look like a ball and socket to me? Does it allow for any rotations?Maybe it becomes a ball and socket when the bolt is "removed" with the pyros to allow it to rotate as it separates.Danny Deger
No need for an Q&A thread on thisThe sound is the film reels in the cameras spinning up
Quote from: Jim on 09/20/2009 10:04 amNo need for an Q&A thread on thisThe sound is the film reels in the cameras spinning up I thought it might be the APU startup, but that's at around 28 seconds or so.
If you are standing directly below the MLP while it is still in the VAB, can you shine a flashlight up into the SRB and see up into flame path in the booster? If so, are there any pics?
Maybe this is a better place for this question: Why recover the remaining SRB's if they won't be reused in the future as the Shuttle program winds down?If they are declared expendables, then can the recovery hardware be removed to save weight? Like, remove the parachutes and just let them splash and sink? I suppose there could be vehicle dynamics implications and CG implications, but just a thought....