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this government property in Northeast

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Mississippi known as yellow creek was

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under construction in the late 70s and

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early 80s to provide nuclear power for

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the Tennessee Valley Authority but in

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the years ahead it'll produce an

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advanced solid rocket motor which will

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provide power for future space shuttle

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flights the new rocket will look very

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much from the outside like the shuttles

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current solid rocket motor but the

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really important changes will be

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internal and have become possible as a

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result of great technological progress

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made since the current solid rocket

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motor was designed in the mid 70s and

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modified in the mid 80s now the

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replacement program will give nasa and

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its contractor the opportunity to take

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advantage not only of that progress but

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also of a fresh approach to designing

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and manufacturing this critical element

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of the shuttle the most valuable benefit

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will be the highest possible safety and

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reliability in manned space flight add

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to that enough extra thrust to boost up

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to 12,000 more pounds of payload for

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flight about a twenty to thirty percent

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increase depending upon the type of

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mission being flown that's one way NASA

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hopes to lower costs the increased power

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and cargo capability will allow the

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space agency to get more done in fewer

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flights which is an important point

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considering the shuttles busy flight

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schedule lolz Allah is in charge of this

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effort at NASA's Marshall Space Flight

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Center improvements that can be made in

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process control and production will

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enhance the overall reliability of the

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system and provide us with additional

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governmental capabilities for the future

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that will be very valuable to the

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civilian space program now that a

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contractor has been named groundbreaking

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at the Yellow Creek site will soon

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follow the first of the new rocket

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motors are slated to fly in 1994 and

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will continue to boost the shuttle into

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space well into the next century in