From: sylvia@email.invalid   
      
   On 17/11/2022 11:49 pm, David Spain wrote:   
      
   > I'm happy SLS got off the ground. I'd be even more happy if it were   
   > reconfigured to deliver cargo only and we could use up the supply of   
   > this expensive, ill-conceived rocket to put one and done cargo into   
   > space. Perhaps in either lunar or Lagrange Point orbits.   
   >   
   > Not a big fan of the gateway/toll-booth either....   
   >   
   > Dave   
   >   
      
   I seem to remember the USAF [*] doing a study that showed that a solid   
   rocket failure after lift-off could be unsurvivable because bits of   
   burning solid rocket fuel would destroy the capsule's parachutes. I   
   don't believe a solution was found.   
      
   So relegating it to cargo only would certainly make sense, if there   
   really is no cheaper alternative available.   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
   [*] Yes - I don't know why the USAF was doing that either.   
      
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