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Old October 30th 13, 10:05 PM posted to sci.space.history
Jeff Findley[_2_]
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Default The Ares 1-X File

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neckar.de says...

The completed flight evaluation is documented in ?Final
Flight Evaluation Report for Ares I Use of Ares I-X Data,?
APO-1041 which consists of 5 volumes totaling more than
1,600 pages of technical data, analysis, and evaluation
on the tasks that were performed. The report also contains
an executive summary, flight overview, brief summaries of
each task, and a summary of data quality and archival that
provides a level of detail this overview cannot.

So, there you are. If you want the "gory details", you'll need to find
a copy of the above document. A quick web search does not find this
document online, so you may have to look elsewhere.


Thanks a lot Jeff. In other words, the result of the most expensive and
ambitious NASA SRM test flight is hidden somewhere in a 1600 pages
report at an unknown location. Ok. unlike the missing Apollo 13 final
report we know the title at least. I think its impressive how NASA
in the time of the internet can hide the main result of a well publicized
billion dollar program.


This document (APO-1041) does not appear to be (currently) available on
the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), even though a search for "Ares
I-X" turns up 1,578 documents (plenty of reading there).

I'm not sure if you could find this document (APO-1041) by other means
(e.g. FOIA request).

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/FOIA/

My best guess is that this document might be considered proprietary data
(since this was a test by a contractor), so it might never be publicly
available.

Jeff
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magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer