• DocumentCode
    1516144
  • Title

    The history of the flawed joint

  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    39
  • Lastpage
    44
  • Abstract
    NASA began to solicit proposals for the design of a solid-fuel rocket motor for the space shuttle in July 1973. By the fall, NASA had received proposals from Aerojet Solid Propulsion Co., Lockheed Propulsion Co., Thiokol Inc. (later Morton-Thiokol Inc.), and United Technologies Corp.
  • Keywords
    Ignition; Joints; NASA; Rockets; Seals; Structural rings;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1987.6448025
  • Filename
    6448025