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No go for launch tonight :(

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Duddy

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Just heard it from Shuttle Launch Control.

Do the fuel tanks on the shuttle use liquid fuel or solid fuel?
 
Originally posted by: PottedMeat
boosters = solid
large external tank powers shuttle engines + onboard tanks = liquid
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Doesn't the solid rocket fuel have to be used within a certain amount of time before it "expires"?
 
son of a bitch 🙁

4th time it was scrubbed 🙁


oh and if you guys didnt know, every time they scrub it, it costs 1 million dollars.
 
Originally posted by: Duddy
Originally posted by: PottedMeat
boosters = solid
large external tank powers shuttle engines + onboard tanks = liquid
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Doesn't the solid rocket fuel have to be used within a certain amount of time before it "expires"?
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short answer: no, that's kind of the point of solid fuel rockets

long answer: the stuff must surely have some expiration date on it, but if it's at all like the rocket fuel used in ICBMs, that years or decades
 
Originally posted by: freshgeardude
son of a bitch 🙁

4th time it was scrubbed 🙁


oh and if you guys didnt know, every time they scrub it, it costs 1 million dollars.
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Source? I think its about half that.
 
I wish I knew someone who would be interested in going to see the launch. I wouldn't mind the 3 hour (each way) drive if I had someone with which to do it.
 
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