Re: Last Rocket Test at Santa Susana
- From: "Ed Kyle" <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 2 Oct 2005 20:59:31 -0700
Ed Kyle wrote:
> According to:
>
> "http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/12776301.htm";
>
> there is only one more rocket engine test planned
> at Pratt & Whitney (Rocketdyne)'s Santa Susana
> Field Laboratory. It is a test of an RS-27
> Delta II engine. (A wildfire interrupted the
> planned test schedule this week.)
>
> Question: Is this the last RS-27 engine, or are
> such tests moving to Edwards (or somewhere else)?
>
> - Ed Kyle
O.K. Here's the deal. Boeing sold Rocketdyne, but it didn't
sell Santa Susana to UTC Pratt & Whitney. The rocket test
stands at Santa Susana are being phased out. Pratt & Whitney
will test RS-27A engines somewhere else.
- Ed Kyle
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