Re: STS51L Accident Questions

From: Chuck Stewart (zapkitty_at_gmx.co.uk)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:32:34 -0500

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:26:42 -0600, Pat Flannery wrote:

> If the thing did stay in place,

Er... no. The hold-down bolts are to keep the stack
on the pad while the crawler transports it etc. They
are _not_ designed to "restrain" the SRB's when
they're lit.

> I assume you shut down the SSMEs and wait till the
> SRBs finish their burn,

By which time, assuming some magic force is holding
the SRB's in place, I'll bet the launch pad melts or
something :)
 
> Pat 

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Chuck Stewart
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