Huntsville/Madison Development News (rooftop, charge, softball)

[Preston3124]

Originally Posted by bmrisko

YES!!! Been waiting for one of these since I moved here over 7 years ago.

I have seen several posts like this one over the last few months. Is this place really that superior to the average tire store? If so, what makes it so? Price? Service? Combo of the two?

[bmrisko]

Originally Posted by Preston3124

I have seen several posts like this one over the last few months. Is this place really that superior to the average tire store? If so, what makes it so? Price? Service? Combo of the two?

They only do tires, so they don't jack you around by trying to sell other maintenance. Every location I have ever been to has also been super professional and efficient. They also run great specials and their everyday prices are hard to beat.

[RocketDawg]

Originally Posted by bmrisko

YES!!! Been waiting for one of these since I moved here over 7 years ago.

Where is that located? Can't tell from the picture.

[AnotherBravesFan]

Originally Posted by RocketDawg

Where is that located? Can't tell from the picture.

In front of the Planet Fitness, NW corner of Wall-Triana Hwy and Hwy 72. Address is 8042 Hwy 72, Madison.

Woohoo! I've been waiting 8 years!

[MisterEd51]

Originally Posted by Satertek

NASA doesn't even test their engines here anymore (that's done at Stennis in Mississippi), and the Army only tests smaller missile engines, so it's pretty safe to say they won't be testing those big boys in Research Park.

The only rocket engine testing done at MSFC in Huntsville in the last 40 years has been for research purposes only. All the routine rocket engine tests have been done at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. When I worked at MSFC in the early 1980's I helped analyze Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) test data we got from Stennis.

The test stands at MSFC in Huntsville are mainly used for structural testing of rocket components. This started back in the 1960s and continues today with testing of components for the Space Launch System (SLS).

[MisterEd51]

Originally Posted by AnotherBravesFan

In front of the Planet Fitness, NW corner of Wall-Triana Hwy and Hwy 72. Address is 8042 Hwy 72, Madison.

Woohoo! I've been waiting 8 years!

I might add that the photo of Discount Tire was taken looking north across Hwy 72. To the left is Salsarita's Fresh Cantina and to the right is CB&S Bank.

[catfishin2000]

Originally Posted by MisterEd51

The only rocket engine testing done at MSFC in Huntsville in the last 40 years has been for research purposes only. All the routine rocket engine tests have been done at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. When I worked at MSFC in the early 1980's I helped analyze Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) test data we got from Stennis.

The test stands at MSFC in Huntsville are mainly used for structural testing of rocket components. This started back in the 1960s and continues today with testing of components for the Space Launch System (SLS).

In the late 90's we tested the then new to us Russian RD-180 engines on the big Saturn stand. It was impressive. And the wiring and connectors on them was total junk, I was shocked when it all worked.

[HB2HSV]

Originally Posted by MisterEd51

I might add that the photo of Discount Tire was taken looking north across Hwy 72. To the left is Salsarita's Fresh Cantina and to the right is CB&S Bank.

Yes it is. I drove right past it yesterday, along with several thousand cars on the 72.

[HB2HSV]

Originally Posted by catfishin2000

In the late 90's we tested the then new to us Russian RD-180 engines on the big Saturn stand. It was impressive. And the wiring and connectors on them was total junk, I was shocked when it all worked.

Those "junks" worked pretty damn well, we still are not able to copy them. It's "father", the RD-170, is still the most powerful liquid rocket engines in production today.

When you were testing the RD-180, the young test engineer, Robert Lightfoot, went on became the Center Director at Marshall and now is the man in charge of NASA.

[djmaxwell]

Originally Posted by HB2HSV

Yes it is. I drove right past it yesterday, along with several thousand cars on the 72.

Your Californian is showing. CA is the only place I've ever heard anyone refer to roads as "the" 72 or "the" 65. You've escaped. Embrace the superfluousness of the word, "the."