R-39 Missile Program Test Schedule
Added 2020-04-21 13:07:13 +0000 UTC37 Tests in 4 years is extremely expensive. The failures of the R-39 program lead to the development of the R-30 Bulava that is featured in our next Sub Brief.
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If you search "minuteman reentry vehicle" you can see a photo of a recovered Minuteman RV.
2020-04-22 19:19:08 +0000 UTCI have image of an actual recovered flown MIRV. That thing surely looks like it has gone through some hell, I can tell you.
Matus (Saturnax)
2020-04-22 17:28:55 +0000 UTCdamn, i hoped you'll start your brief with "let's do something weird: read the fucking manual." :-)
2020-04-22 13:50:42 +0000 UTCFound and Recovered are two very different things. We found the Barringer Crater... we didn't recover it.
Aaron Amick
2020-04-22 13:47:20 +0000 UTClol, good catch. I didn't see that right away.
Aaron Amick
2020-04-22 13:36:18 +0000 UTCBut they're recoverable/stay intact? I find that hard to believe.
Andrew MacDougall
2020-04-22 05:41:16 +0000 UTCI earn my money with technical documentation. 12/28/80 is my new code for: "Hello? Development department? Important information is missing." Former code was 4-128. Guess why ;-)
2020-04-21 23:01:28 +0000 UTCYeah it's crazy fast.
Aaron Amick
2020-04-21 22:49:27 +0000 UTCDon't they come in at like Mach 25?
Andrew MacDougall
2020-04-21 22:12:51 +0000 UTCReentry Vehicle (Mass Shape)
Aaron Amick
2020-04-21 18:31:21 +0000 UTCInteresting. RVs (MIRVs?) are recoverable?
Andrew MacDougall
2020-04-21 15:40:55 +0000 UTCThis looks kinda typical for development. I would say they seem to have gotten their stuff together towards the end of the schedule. Boy, they spent some rubles on it.
Joseph Orr
2020-04-21 14:49:15 +0000 UTC
