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Forum:	Hardware & Flown Items
Topic:	Space shuttle solid rocket booster curtain

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>liebeek</TD><TD>Can anyone explain to me what a solid rocket booster curtain is exactly used for? What part does it play in the whole process when a shuttle goes into space?Thanks, Ruud</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>The curtains act as a thermal barrier, preventing auto-ignition of hydrazine fuel that powers two hydraulic actuators positioned farther inside the aft skirt.The curtains also are used to protect the solid rocket boosters' guidance system and prevent any of the local fauna from nesting or taking up residence inside the hardware while it was readied for launch on the pad. The curtains are mostly destroyed in flight.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>blueangels1</TD><TD>Ruud, I have sent you a email along with some before and after pictures of the SRB thermal curtains.All the best, Jerry </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>liebeek</TD><TD>Thanks for the lesson!!!!!!!Ruud</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Mr Meek</TD><TD>Also, if you happen to be the protagonist of a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceCamp" TARGET=_blank>bad 80's movie</A> and have befriended a robot, the thermal curtains can be made to fail in plot-accelerating ways. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>MadSci</TD><TD>I was wondering what to do with mine - thanks for the idea, I'm off to Florida. Seats are available in the flight for a nominal price, who wants to go into Space!</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>MadSci</TD><TD>Jerry, could you be so kind as to forward those images to me as well please? My email is loeg1@yahoo.comThanks! ------------------ Cheers!MadSci</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Hart Sastrowardoyo</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Mr Meek: Also, if you happen to be the protagonist of a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceCamp" TARGET=_blank>bad 80's movie</A> and have befriended a robot, the thermal curtains can be made to fail in plot-accelerating ways.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I'm sure I wasn't the only one screaming, "RTLS! RTLS! Or do a TAL, or AOA!..." </TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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