Re: Is it possible to release the SRBs before they burn out?

Well, you cannot shut them down, they are basically, big fireworks.

Brian

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"Lee Jay" <ljfinger@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Brian Gaff wrote:
I imagine in theory it is, as they are often still burning at sep anyway,
but with all that fuel still in the tank, I dare not imagine what the
weird
centre of gravity and loading would do. Why do you ask?

I was thinking that I had heard that you could. Obviously, once lit,
there's no stopping them but I thought I had heard about an abort
option to get rid of them instead of trying to shut them down like you
would a liquid-fueled engine.

Lee Jay



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