XPost: sci.space.shuttle, sci.space.history, rec.aviation.military   
   From: geracen@iinet.net.au   
      
   "Jeff Findley"  wrote in message   
   news:7f967$44293ebb$927a2cf9$19533@FUSE.NET...   
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   > "Bruce Hoult"  wrote in message   
   > news:bruce-8A232B.16433426032006@news.clear.net.nz...   
   >> Could you please give an example of an SRB segment that has been reused,   
   >> including the flight on which it was first used, and the flight on which   
   >> it was reused.   
   >   
   > Odd request, considering that SRB segment reuse is the norm, not the   
   > exception.   
   >   
   > One bit of trivia.  The parachutes for the SRB's have to be washed between   
   > flights, due to their being dunked in salt water at the end of every   
   > flight.   
   > That task must require the world's largest washing machine.  ;-)   
      
   There are pictures of it on the net, but I forget where.   
      
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