Re: Griffin Wants Inline SDLV and 5 Segment SRB/CEV

Scott Lowther <scottlowther@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:M7Axe.343$j21.231@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Kim Keller wrote:
>
>>>It wouldn't entirely surprise me to see the first qualification
>>>launche of the 5-segment stick booster (no upper stage) by late 2006,
>>>using Pad 39B and the third MLP as infrastructure.
>>
>>There's no way the avionics and the TVC system will be ready for test
>>by then.
>>
> Errrrrmmmm... the TVC system is available *now.*

In two axes (pitch and yaw, or more precisely rock and tilt) only. A single
SRB has no roll control.


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