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termain | 10 years ago

Presumably, those estimates are just for the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME/RS-25), give that's what Rocketdyne was manufacturing and propulsion is one of Marshall Spaceflight Center's fortes.

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hackuser|10 years ago

> Presumably, those estimates are just for the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME/RS-25)

If so, the risk for the entire system (shuttle) should be higher, not lower.

termain|10 years ago

Yep.

Edit: To be clear, I wasn't saying it was lower.