Re: Multiple Engines???

Am 24 Nov 2003 10:43:17 -0800 schrieb "George William Herbert":

>>I know of occurences, where the term 'hard start' WAS used as an
>>euphemism to explain, why a mission goal could not be achieved. 
>>
>>One example I can pick out is the Ariane-5 mission (L#142) that should
>>have launched Artemis and BSAT-2B to GTO - BSAT was lost completely,
>>and Artemis lost much mission time by that so called hard start...
>
>So, find a second such incident.

ok, look back to the development history of the first American liquid
fueled multi-stage sounding rockets somewhen in the 19'fifties - there
was that very same euphemism chosen for describing a failure cause. Or
read the history of X-planes - you will find that term used in this
way, too.

But btw: I would not need to find more incidents than one - even one
single documented use of that term (you're free to chose one :-)
proves my words right, undeniable and without doubt.

cu, ZiLi aka HKZL (Heinrich Zinndorf-Linker)
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