dorn@fabscal.UUCP (Alan Dorn Hetzel) (10/10/88)
Since it is probably impractical to transport the SRBs cross-country from
where they are currently manufactured to the cape, what about moving the
manufacturing facility to Florida (or anywhere on the coast (either coast))
for that matter. Shipping by ship should prove easy. Any comments?
Dorn
gatech.edu!fabscal!dorn
p.s. I realize that moving the manufacturing facility would be expensive in
the short term, but the long term savings over many launches might be
worth it...leem@jplpro.JPL.NASA.GOV (Lee Mellinger) (10/12/88)
In article <491@fabscal.UUCP> dorn@fabscal.UUCP (Alan Dorn Hetzel, Jr.) writes: |Since it is probably impractical to transport the SRBs cross-country from |where they are currently manufactured to the cape, what about moving the |manufacturing facility to Florida (or anywhere on the coast (either coast)) |for that matter. Shipping by ship should prove easy. Any comments? | |Dorn |gatech.edu!fabscal!dorn | |p.s. I realize that moving the manufacturing facility would be expensive in | the short term, but the long term savings over many launches might be | worth it... It already exists, Aerojet has a casting facility just south of the cape that is large enough to handle the SRB's in a single cast. They made an unsolicited proposal to NASA during the SRB redesign, to do just that. Lee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- |Lee F. Mellinger Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA| |4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 818/393-0516 FTS 977-0516 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |UUCP: {ames!cit-vax,psivax}!elroy!jpl-devvax!jplpro!leem | |ARPA: jplpro!leem!@cit-vax.ARPA -or- leem@jplpro.JPL.NASA.GOV | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) (10/16/88)
In article <491@fabscal.UUCP>, dorn@fabscal.UUCP (Alan Dorn Hetzel) writes: > Since it is probably impractical to transport the SRBs cross-country from > where they are currently manufactured to the cape, what about moving the > manufacturing facility to Florida (or anywhere on the coast (either coast)) > for that matter. Shipping by ship should prove easy. Any comments? I have heard that one of the requirements for the next generation of SRBs is to have a manufacturing facility capable of loading the SRBs directly on a barge for shipping to the Cape. This effectively rules out any manufacturer west of Texas, since the Panama Canal really isn't a safe place to put large solid rocket motors. -- {hpda, uwmcsd1}!sp7040!obie!wes "How do you make the boat go when there's no wind?" -- Me --