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Also, the SRBs were not "rapidly reusable", they were not simply refueled or merely refurbished. They went in sections back to Utah for essentially re-manufactu
by wolf550e 13y ago
Also, the SRBs were not "rapidly reusable", they were not simply refueled or merely refurbished. They went in sections back to Utah for essentially re-manufacturing. It was more expensive to reuse the SRBs than to buy new ones, but the decision was made to reuse because of prestige.
- Retric 13y agoI suspect it had less to do with prestige than jobs. A large chunk of the initial SRB cost was raw materials, more of the refurbishing costs was manpower. Congress critters dislike direct welfare but but put a fig leaf on it an call it a middle class job and there practically in love.