fisher@star.DEC (Burns Fisher ZKO1-1/D42 DTN 381-1466) (03/04/86)
Newsgroups: net.space Path: decwrl!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!mmm!allen Subject: Re: Soviet permanently manned station. Posted: 26 Feb 86 14:39:54 GMT Organization: 3M Company, St. Paul, Minn. Kurt Allen writes: > Aviation Week and Space tech. reported that NASA hopes to > keep the Hubble telescope as near to schedule as possible. That > announcement occured before the decision to redesign the SRB > seals was announce, which will probably take around a year. > What decision to redesign the SRB seals? Has anyone else heard of such a decision? Perhaps it is a good idea, but I certainly have not seen it! Burns ...decwrl!rhea!star!fisher
caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) (03/05/86)
According to Mar 3 AW&ST, the following changes may be made to the SRBs: Add high strength bolts in thr area of the 177 pins joining the segments Catches similar to joints on the new composite SRB's Changes in insulation putty Improved O-ring seals, possible the .291 in diameter seals used in the composite SRB's, permanently sealed. External band heaters According to Mulloy, there are 829 Criticality 1 items on the shuttle, including 213 on the SRB system. Could somebody from Nasa post some of that list?