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In the event of SRB ignition failure, could jettison of the other “lit” SRB prevent catastrophe?
Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) are popular launch boosters, used on the Space Shuttle, Ariane 5, Atlas V and SLV.
However, SRBs have a number of failure modes, most of which result in catastrophe.
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How much more cost efficent are SRB's over the main engine?
Why use SRBs instead of a simpler rocket design that dispenses with SRB's and instead has a bigger main engine?
The Saturn V escaped earth's gravity just fine without boosters. Since then though SRBs ...
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Why were there so many icicles in this Space Shuttle launch area? (Challenger disaster)
The blogpost Lessons From NASA Disasters: When Curiosity Deficits Kill is about the importance of freedom of curiosity for members of organizations. However it contains many Space Shuttle-related ...
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Features seen on the Space Shuttle's solid booster; what does "LOADED" mean exactly?
The question Please explain the time reference shown in Shuttle launch engineering video links to the very cool video Ascent - Commemorating Shuttle. After about ...
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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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Need help understanding staging shown in infographic of Titan launch of Hexagon satellites
The NPR News item I Spy, Via Spy Satellite: Melting Himalayan Glaciers discusses use of declassified historical satellite images that include glaciers, and link to the newly published and Open Access ...
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Does the Long March-11 increase its thrust after clearing the launch tower?
The NASA Spaceflight article China conducts first Sea Launch mission with Long March 11 launch of seven satellites links to the YouTube video China’s first sea launch: Long March-11 launches from a ...
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Was there ever an incident of collision between SRBs after SRB jettison, during launch of the Space Shuttle? [duplicate]
Did the Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters (SRBs) ever collide with each other after separation from the Shuttle stack?
To clarify, I'm not asking if an SRB ever collided with the Shuttle itself or ...
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Why were Solid Rockets chosen for the SLS
The SLS and the STS seem to be the only rockets utilizing SRBs... Why did they choose to go with them over LH/LOX or Kerosene/LOX? Wouldn't it also be easier to upgrade those rockets in the future?
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