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

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.* However, the likelihood of another 5-segment test by the end of 2006 is... really low. Much less a *flight.*


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