Are the SRBs really the Achillies heel?

Space/Science » in reply to re: Re-revised memory

Lee — 7/20/2009 2:50:21 AM (archived)

They've had well over 200 launches with only 1 failure to date. This makes them the most reliable rocket built to date. IMO, putting the main engines on the orbiter as opposed to the core stage was the real problem. Imagine mounting a shuttle onto the side of the Saturn V first stage and attach a couple of SRBs. That gives you a large shuttle as well as maintaining the Saturn V for a multitude of other missions.

The whole thread (12 posts)

NASA's needs - Raoul - 7/19/2009 9:57:03 AM
- Jobs, yes. I read that Project Apollo hired over 400,000 men and women. - Jefferson-Washington. - 7/19/2009 9:31:06 PM
  - SpaceX will send people back to the Moon with less than 5,000 employees. - Lee - 7/20/2009 2:40:24 AM
- Tom Wolfe's Right Stuff - phil - 7/19/2009 3:58:26 PM
  - So many seem to forget - Raoul - 7/19/2009 7:47:03 PM
    - Revised memory - phil - 7/19/2009 9:09:49 PM
      - They promise dus resumed flights by 2000 - Socrates II - 7/20/2009 1:42:10 AM
      - re: Re-revised memory - Raoul - 7/19/2009 11:13:18 PM
        
        re: Re-revised memory - phil - 7/20/2009 12:50:16 AM
        
        Saturn V was used 17 times - Raoul - 7/20/2009 9:23:08 AM
        
        Correction: 13 times and 16 or 17 built (n/t) - Raoul - 7/20/2009 9:29:22 AM
        
        Are the SRBs really the Achillies heel? - Lee - 7/20/2009 2:50:21 AM

Recent posts

On this day in Space/Science

The whole thread (12 posts)