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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.
Matus (Saturnax)
I have image of an actual recovered flown MIRV. That thing surely looks like it has gone through some hell, I can tell you.
damn, i hoped you'll start your brief with "let's do something weird: read the fucking manual." :-)
Aaron Amick
Found and Recovered are two very different things. We found the Barringer Crater... we didn't recover it.
Aaron Amick
lol, good catch. I didn't see that right away.
Andrew MacDougall
But they're recoverable/stay intact? I find that hard to believe.
I 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 ;-)
Aaron Amick
Yeah it's crazy fast.
Andrew MacDougall
Don't they come in at like Mach 25?
Aaron Amick
Reentry Vehicle (Mass Shape)
Andrew MacDougall
Interesting. RVs (MIRVs?) are recoverable?
Joseph Orr
This 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.
