From: zili@home   
      
   Am Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:21:51 +0000 (UTC) schrieb "Andy Clews":   
      
   >> Question, are not the engines of the Space Shuttle considered large engines?   
   >> It is my understanding that they are presently up to 4 firings before being   
   >> refurbished.   
   >   
   >So why is it that the SSMEs need refurbishing after a launch is aborted   
   >after they have fired and run for just a few seconds?   
      
   There must be a reloading of igniters and checking, WHY the abort   
   occured - but normally no real overhaul/refurbishment at that point...   
      
   cu, ZiLi aka HKZL  (Heinrich Zinndorf-Linker)   
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