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To: RightWhale

I included the shuttle in my original comment. And I agree there have been plenty of restartable engines, that's not the same thing as "throttleable" in my lexicon.....


50 posted on 08/02/2005 10:01:33 AM PDT by Uncle Fud (Imagine the President calling fascism a "religion of peace" in 1942)
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To: Uncle Fud

Throttle is probably a misnomer. They control the rate the fuel pumps work. There are limits the pumps can be slowed to without losing the flame, but they can reduce thrust and do so. The entire launch is configured within those limits.


55 posted on 08/02/2005 10:06:15 AM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and open the Land Office)
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To: Uncle Fud

The Saturn's S-IVB upper stage was fully throttleable. I can't speak to the original Titan upper stage, but the ones flying today are, too.


56 posted on 08/02/2005 10:06:35 AM PDT by jboot (Faith is not a work)
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