Definition of Thiokol. Meaning of Thiokol. Synonyms of Thiokol

- Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. Its name...
- Thiokol is a trade mark for various organic polysulfide polymers. Thiokol polymers are used as an elastomer in seals and sealants. The distinction between...
- flaw in the SRBs' O-rings, but neither NASA nor SRB manufacturer Morton Thiokol had addressed this known defect. NASA managers also disregarded engineers'...
- The Thiokol-Woodbine explosion occurred at 10:53 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, February 3, 1971, at the Thiokol chemical plant, 12 miles (19 km) southeast of...
- engine. Development began in the 1950s by the Reaction Motors Division of Thiokol Chemical Company to power the North American X-15 hypersonic research aircraft...
- Foremost Industries. Thiokol was another American maker of small snowcats, notably the Imp, Super Imp and Spryte dual-track models. Thiokol manufactured an...
- Thiokol Robert Lund, Morton Thiokol, Inc. Roger Boisjoly, Structures Section, Morton Thiokol, Inc. Arnold Thompson, Design Engineer, Morton Thiokol,...
- a family of US solid-propellant rocket motors originally developed by Thiokol and used by many space propulsion and launch vehicle stages. They are used...
- the tragedy firsthand. In March 1988 the federal government and Morton Thiokol Inc. agreed to pay $7.7 million in cash and annuities to the families of...
- the director of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project for Morton-Thiokol, a NASA subcontractor. In January 1986, he refused to sign off on a launch...