Re: Atlas V Damaged by Hurricane Wilma


Ed Kyle wrote:
> The Atlas V standing in the SLC 41 VIF (I think this
> is AV-010) was damaged - but apparently only slightly
> - by Hurricane Wilma. The VIF door failed at much
> lower wind loadings than it was designed to withstand.
>
> Here's the story.
>
> "http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-10-28T183101Z_01_SCH865244_RTRUKOC_0_US-SPACE-PLUTO-WILMA.xml";
>

Here is an update on the damaged Atlas. It says that
the first installed solid rocket motor will be replaced.

"http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av010/051102srbreplace.html";

It is unnerving enough that this Atlas configuration,
which will be carrying plutonium in an RTG on the
Pluto New Horizons payload - which must be launched
within a few-week window, has never flown before.
Now there is the uncertain question of damage from a
hurricane to add to the schedule pressure.

- Ed Kyle
> - Ed Kyle

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