[net.space] Redesign of SRB seals

allen@mmm.UUCP (Kurt Allen) (02/28/86)

Aviation Week and Space Technology reported that the presidential
board are "expected to recommend a significant redesign of the [SRB]
seals-changes that will take 18 to 24 months to incorporate if they require
new steel solid rocket booster forgings". I was incorrect when I earlier
said that the decision had been made to redesign the seals.

Re MIR. (Soviet Space Station) AVW&ST reports that is on course to rendezvous
with the earlier Salyut 7, and is expected to dock with it. Seems a might
smarter way to design a station thus, than to design it to be built all at 
once as [I think] we are doing.
-- 
	Kurt W. Allen
	3M Center
	ihnp4!mmm!allen