Ares 1-X now on pad

Looking very tall and skinny indeed:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ares1x...ut/index4.html

Pat

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...
Looking very tall and skinny indeed:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ares1x...ut/index4.html



I always thought the skinny end went first?





Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:
Looking very tall and skinny indeed:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ares1x...ut/index4.html

Pat

Hope they've read up on Euler instability.

Sylvia.

On Oct 20, 4:40*pm, Sylvia Else wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:
Looking very tall and skinny indeed:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ares1x...ut/index4.html

Pat

Hope they've read up on Euler instability.

Sylvia.

It's a very heavy but nifty stack of modified TNT. What could
possibly go wrong? (again)

~ BG

BradGuth wrote:
On Oct 20, 4:40 pm, Sylvia Else wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:
Looking very tall and skinny indeed:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ares1x...ut/index4.html
Pat
Hope they've read up on Euler instability.

Sylvia.

It's a very heavy but nifty stack of modified TNT. What could
possibly go wrong? (again)

~ BG

The perversity of inanimate objects (in this context, meaning not alive
objects) means that it will perform flawlessly until they stick humans
on top.

Sylvia.

On Oct 21, 5:27*am, Sylvia Else wrote:
BradGuth wrote:
On Oct 20, 4:40 pm, Sylvia Else wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:
Looking very tall and skinny indeed:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ares1x...ut/index4.html
Pat
Hope they've read up on Euler instability.

Sylvia.

It's a very heavy but nifty stack of modified TNT. *What could
possibly go wrong? (again)

*~ BG

The perversity of inanimate objects (in this context, meaning not alive
objects) means that it will perform flawlessly until they stick humans
on top.

Sylvia.

That's why we pay others to ride the great stick of death. It's like
Russian roulette, it's great fun for all, at least up until the last
guy finishes the game.

~ BG

Frankly a nice on pad EXLOSION is needed to help KILL this useless
launcher......

nice big vibrant embarasing fireball taking out pad too...........

"OM" wrote in message
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On 20 Oct 2009 15:28:00 -0400, (Joseph Nebus) wrote:

I hadn't realized the plan was to have the 1-X launch in about
a week. That seems like a lightning-quick progression from rollout to
actual launch for NASA.

...Hey, it's not *that* much more advanced than a Redstone when you
look at it. It's really more an aerodynamics test than a full-up
system test.

You're being *very* generous today.

Other than the SRB casings, this thing has very little in common with the
actual Ares I design. It's actually a shuttle SRB (four segment) with a
dummy SRB segment on top to "simulate" a five segment SRB. Of course,
everything above the first stage is also dummy parts to "simulate" an upper
stage and an Orion capsule.

Jeff
--
"Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
Lampoon

In sci.space.history Jeff Findley wrote:

You're being *very* generous today.

Other than the SRB casings, this thing has very little in common
with the actual Ares I design. It's actually a shuttle SRB (four
segment) with a dummy SRB segment on top to "simulate" a five
segment SRB. Of course, everything above the first stage is also
dummy parts to "simulate" an upper stage and an Orion capsule.

Aren't you leaving-out the RCS (?) bits in place to keep the thing
from tumbling arse over teakettle?

rick jones
--
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these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway...
feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH...

"Rick Jones" wrote in message
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In sci.space.history Jeff Findley wrote:

You're being *very* generous today.

Other than the SRB casings, this thing has very little in common
with the actual Ares I design. It's actually a shuttle SRB (four
segment) with a dummy SRB segment on top to "simulate" a five
segment SRB. Of course, everything above the first stage is also
dummy parts to "simulate" an upper stage and an Orion capsule.

Aren't you leaving-out the RCS (?) bits in place to keep the thing
from tumbling arse over teakettle?

The TVC on the first stage, the SRB, is the same as on shuttle. The RCS
could be the design they're planning on using for Ares I, but I seriously
doubt it. For this flight they only need roll control for first stage burn
since the SRB TVC will handle the rest. I'm not sure if Ares I will need
more than roll control on its RCS (for example, to keep the upper stage
pointed in the right direction between first stage separation and successful
start of the upper stage engine).

Actually, even the outer mold-lines of the Orion and its launch escape tower
is different than what is planned for Ares I. This whole Ares I-X flight
really is little more than a stunt. NASA management wanted to get something
flying SOON to "show progress". All other goals, like acquiring good data
for engineering Ares I, seem to be secondary priorities.

Jeff
--
"Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
Lampoon