Re: Does NASA save money reusing SRB's?

"John Burch" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> One reason I have heard for reusing (or at least recovering) Shuttle
> SSBs is the opportunity for the engineers to see the condition of the
> boosters after their use and how well, or not, their design has
> performed.

I doubt that could possibly have been a real consideration when the Shuttle
was being defined. After all, expendable solids are recovered and
evaluated. Solid cases regardless of reusability tend to survive intact
because of the pressure loads they're designed for.

I'm curious how much they recovered Saturn-V 1st stages and inspected them.
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