XPost: sci.physics, sci.space.policy   
   From: jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca   
      
   On 2017-05-25 00:13, Fred J. McCall wrote:   
      
   > Really?  Virtually any discussion of the choice to use SRBs on the   
   > Shuttle will include this idea of keeping costs for military solid   
   > rockets down.   
      
   I knew that ATK was getting pork because they also built military stuff.   
   I didn't realise that this pork is to keep them alive for 30 years until   
   the next order for ICBMs comes in.   
      
   Which is why it would be better to replace these progressively with   
   enough orders each year to keep ATK alive instead of mass replacements   
   every 30 years.   
      
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