Aren't ICBM's and Trident missiles fairly large solids? I know the Shuttle solids were 12' in diameter or about 3.7m. I also know some were 10' in diameter or a little over 3m in diameter from the Titan days. I shouldn't have just said to keep the military production working. I wasn't thinking about the SLS solids having some of the same components thus economy of scale to keep costs down.
Quote from: spacenut on 04/03/2017 07:41 pmAren't ICBM's and Trident missiles fairly large solids? I know the Shuttle solids were 12' in diameter or about 3.7m. I also know some were 10' in diameter or a little over 3m in diameter from the Titan days. I shouldn't have just said to keep the military production working. I wasn't thinking about the SLS solids having some of the same components thus economy of scale to keep costs down. Missile motors in the US are limited around 92 inches maximum in diameter.
"The company has also refurbished a 60,000-square-foot production building, including installation of automated tooling, cranes and other equipment to enable the manufacture of large-diameter composite-case rocket motors. Recently, the company completed the manufacturing of prototype motor test articles to be used in verification activities this summer." - Ed Kyle
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 04/03/2017 08:28 pmQuote from: spacenut on 04/03/2017 07:41 pmAren't ICBM's and Trident missiles fairly large solids? I know the Shuttle solids were 12' in diameter or about 3.7m. I also know some were 10' in diameter or a little over 3m in diameter from the Titan days. I shouldn't have just said to keep the military production working. I wasn't thinking about the SLS solids having some of the same components thus economy of scale to keep costs down. Missile motors in the US are limited around 92 inches maximum in diameter.But wouldn't they both come out of the same facility? Use similar techniques? Use similar raw materials? Sharing overhead and making more economical purchases can add up.