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What was the Lockheed design solution for the shuttle SRB field joint and how was it superior to the failure prone Morton Thiokol field joint?
In an effort to quickly post this question I've elected to (for the moment) not provide links to my searches.
I've found tons of references, studies, reports, images etc to the failed Thiokol field ...
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Challenger hypothetical - what if the SRB breach faced outboard?
Slightly different Challenger question - what could have happened if the SRB breach had faced outboard, away from any attachment fittings or the ET? Would the SRB have failed completely prior to ...
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What would happen if one Ariane V SRB did not ignite properly? (there may be no lock-down mechanism)
The excellent answers to What are these circular spots on these Ariane V SRB nozzles? tend to indicate that unlike the IV, the Ariane V simply rests on two flat surfaces under the SRBs at launch time, ...
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Was a method available to save the Challenger Crew?
In a previous thread, I asked the question of the likelihood of the STS stack surviving an early separation of the SRB using the SRB manual separation switch on panel C3:
Could the SRB's have ...
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Failure modes of segmented solid rocket boosters
The Rogers Commission Report (PDF, page 73) describes the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters as
[...] a faulty design unacceptably sensitive to a number of factors.
These factors were the ...
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Could the Shuttle boosters crash into each other?
I watched a few videos "from the boosters" of their suborbital flight with the Shuttle, and what I noticed is that after the boosters were jettisoned there was a phase of flight that was quite chaotic ...
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