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Orion Max Q abort test
Apparently the Boeing Starliner is the only manned capsule not being
required to do a full up Max Q abort test. I just saw that the test for Orion is scheduled for TODAY. The test isn't using an SLS (which, honestly, wouldn't seem to be a requirement) but will launch on old ICBM solid motors to get the capsule up to Max Q speed and altitude, at which point the LM abort system will fire to demonstrate its performance in that aerodynamic regime. -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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