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this government property in Northeast
Mississippi known as yellow creek was
under construction in the late 70s and
early 80s to provide nuclear power for
the Tennessee Valley Authority but in
the years ahead it'll produce an
advanced solid rocket motor which will
provide power for future space shuttle
flights the new rocket will look very
much from the outside like the shuttles
current solid rocket motor but the
really important changes will be
internal and have become possible as a
result of great technological progress
made since the current solid rocket
motor was designed in the mid 70s and
modified in the mid 80s now the
replacement program will give nasa and
its contractor the opportunity to take
advantage not only of that progress but
also of a fresh approach to designing
and manufacturing this critical element
of the shuttle the most valuable benefit
will be the highest possible safety and
reliability in manned space flight add
to that enough extra thrust to boost up
to 12,000 more pounds of payload for
flight about a twenty to thirty percent
increase depending upon the type of
mission being flown that's one way NASA
hopes to lower costs the increased power
and cargo capability will allow the
space agency to get more done in fewer
flights which is an important point
considering the shuttles busy flight
schedule lolz Allah is in charge of this
effort at NASA's Marshall Space Flight
Center improvements that can be made in
process control and production will
enhance the overall reliability of the
system and provide us with additional
governmental capabilities for the future
that will be very valuable to the
civilian space program now that a
contractor has been named groundbreaking
at the Yellow Creek site will soon
follow the first of the new rocket
motors are slated to fly in 1994 and
will continue to boost the shuttle into
space well into the next century in
Huntsville this is mike arrington
reporting