Ariane boosters avoided segmentation, went for monolithic and got away with it
in practice.
Last I recall Shuttle SRB booster solids segmentation had to do with
transporting them to the Cape..
John D.
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Speaking of the Shuttle and solids, I vaguely recall having read
somewhere that in the mid-1960's a corporate predecessor of Morton
Thiokol (UTC?) suffered an explosion while testing a large, monolithic
solid and thereafter switched to segmented solids. Is there any truth
to my recollection?