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


"Scott Lowther" <scottlowther@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Kim Keller wrote:
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> >>It wouldn't entirely surprise me to see the first qualification launche
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> >>the 5-segment stick booster (no upper stage) by late 2006, using Pad 39B
> >>and the third MLP as infrastructure.
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> >There's no way the avionics and the TVC system will be ready for test by
> >then.
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> 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.*


2008, and I am being generous.



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