gandalf@pro-canaveral.cts.com (Ken Hollis) (12/13/90)
(I got a "Failed Mail" Message when I sent this To: ahughes%arch386.webo.dg.com@RELAY.CS.NET ) Greetings and Salutations: >|> three engines used for that flight are removed, that all personnel are put on > >The shuttle engines are removed after each flight? (Are these >the 3 mains or the OMS engines {the big ones fired at launch >or the little ones typically seen above the triangle of the These are the three main engines. The HPOTP (High Pressure Oxidizer Turbopump) has to be inspected after each flight & must be removed. For fastest turnround, you would want three engines that are already prepped & ready to go, remove the engines that have just been flown, and plug the ones ready to go. The OMS engines are part of the "OMS Pod", the bulbous structure that sticks out on the side. To do anything with these, you have to remove the whole OMS pod. Ken Hollis ProLine: gandalf@pro-canaveral Internet: gandalf@pro-canaveral.cts.com UUCP: crash!pro-canaveral!gandalf