[Milsurplus] Service Life

[J. Forster]

It is routine to upgrade expensive Mil systems, from airplanes to the
Shuttle. The last shuttle that flew was still mostly like the first.

Ditto for the B-52s and the Atlas. Be it an A or an H, it's still the same
system.

-John

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> It was launched on the Atlas 5 which is the latest version of the Atlas
> and vastly different from the Cold War versions.
>
> One of the "improvements" is that is uses Russian made RD-180 engines:
>
> <http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/product_cards/AV_product_card.pdf?
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> Mike N2MS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com>
> To: James Duffer <dufferjames at hotmail.com>
> Cc: wa5cab at cs.com, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:22:20 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Service Life
>
> NASA just launched the new Mars Rover a couple of days ago...  on a 1950s
> vintage Atlas booster.
>
> -John
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