Ah their we have another example of politics(money) superseding engineering.
That said, since then all appropriate RR tunnels have been modified to
clear the double stacked Sea Containers.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 3:15 PM Anthony Cesaroni <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The Morton Thiokol lobby in DC helped that happen. It also reduced the
original design diameter so the train hauling them could pass through a
couple of tunnels on the way to Florida from Utah. The largest employer in
Utah trumps cost and practicality. The United States has the best
government money can buy. 😊
Anthony J. Cesaroni
President/CEO
Cesaroni Technology/Cesaroni Aerospace
http://www.cesaronitech.com/
(941) 360-3100 x101 Sarasota
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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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Subject: [AR] Re: Valley Tech throttleable restartable solids (!)
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?