Timeline for What happens if you use an expired solid rocket booster?
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| Dec 3, 2022 at 21:27 | answer | added | Organic Marble | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 19, 2022 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSpaceExp/status/1594027733268545537 | ||
| Nov 19, 2022 at 14:34 | answer | added | PearsonArtPhoto♦ | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 19, 2022 at 9:59 | answer | added | LazyReader | timeline score: -1 | |
| Nov 19, 2022 at 0:42 | comment | added | Mark | @CGCampbell, when you're firing a salvo of a thousand ballistic missiles at the Soviet Union, you're not particularly worried about the performance of any one missile. | |
| Nov 18, 2022 at 18:21 | comment | added | Fred | Smell checks are not always reliable. Sometimes milk, near its use by date, can smell okay even though it has already gone off. | |
| Nov 18, 2022 at 18:17 | history | edited | Fred | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Grammatical change in the title
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| Nov 17, 2022 at 22:29 | comment | added | David Hammen | Possibly this article, or this one, or this one, or this one might help. There are others. This is not my briar patch or my cup of tea, so I am making this a comment rather than an answer. | |
| Nov 17, 2022 at 21:46 | comment | added | Organic Marble | @Moo no problem - wasn't really referring to the comment you mentioned, but to some NASA document that explains the constraint(s). I haven't found that. | |
| Nov 17, 2022 at 21:40 | comment | added | Moo | @OrganicMarble trying to find it, cant remember it it was here or on Ars... | |
| Nov 17, 2022 at 21:34 | comment | added | Organic Marble | @Moo could be. Would be nice to see a reference (I don't have one). | |
| Nov 17, 2022 at 21:29 | comment | added | Moo | @OrganicMarble I saw a comment a few days ago on a similar question which mentioned that the "best before" date runs from the start of the propellant pour, not the end. So there must be a limit on the propellant because the boosters are not immediately stacked, so seals etc only come into play later on. | |
| Nov 17, 2022 at 17:05 | history | edited | Bear | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Took David Hammen's advice, although I'm disappointed y'all aren't in an XKCD-What-If sort of mood with this thing. Obviously I know eating solid rocket fuel will likely kill you
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| Nov 17, 2022 at 16:55 | comment | added | CGCampbell | I was looking for data when I discovered this sentence, "since solid-fuel rockets can remain in storage for an extended period without much propellant degradation and because they almost always launch reliably" and thought... almost? | |
| Nov 17, 2022 at 15:29 | comment | added | Bear | You're very good at digging up documents, Marble, if you could find one that says "it's not the propellant" that would be a good answer -- even better if there's a study that says "the propellant is good for decades when stored dry in the assembly building" or something. | |
| Nov 17, 2022 at 15:26 | comment | added | Organic Marble | It's not the propellant that expires IIRC. It's things like the O-rings, hydrazine sitting in the TVC system, etc. Certification limits that may or may not be real, just what has been tested. | |
| Nov 17, 2022 at 15:19 | history | edited | Bear | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Focused a primary question
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| Nov 17, 2022 at 14:43 | comment | added | geoffc | In general, assume it is poison unless you know otherwise. | |
| Nov 17, 2022 at 14:39 | comment | added | Philipp | I wouldn't recommend to eat solid rocket fuel fresh OR expired. | |
| Nov 17, 2022 at 14:08 | history | asked | Bear | CC BY-SA 4.0 |