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Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2008/09/live-blogging-aiaa-space-2008-4.htmlWhat kind of ballast do you think they'll use in the LOX tank?&nbsp; Water?&nbsp; Some Acronyms that could use some defining:RRGUFTINURCS (Reaction Control System) thrusters?M4TVCLAS (Launch Abort System) <br />Posted by kyle_baron</DIV><br /><br /><font size="2"><p>RRGU = Redundant Rate Gyro Unit</p><p>FTINU = Fault Tolerant Inertial Navigation Unit</p><p>TVC = Thrust Vector Control</p><p>Not sure about M4.</p><p>The others are as you said.</p></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>
 
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<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2008/09/live-blogging-aiaa-space-2008-4.htmlWhat kind of ballast do you think they'll use in the LOX tank?&nbsp; Water?&nbsp; Some Acronyms that could use some defining:RRGUFTINURCS (Reaction Control System) thrusters?M4TVCLAS (Launch Abort System) <br />Posted by kyle_baron</DIV></p><p>The ballast consists of metal plates. <br /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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