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Ares static test fire today
This will please some of you and start others frothing
at the mouth, but NASA will be doing a "Demonstration Motor Static Test Fire" of Ares today at noon EDT. It will be carried on NASA's Education Channel, which I don't think is carried on home cable or satellite systems, but is available on NASA's website. Patty |
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Ares static test fire today
In article , Patty Winter wrote: This will please some of you and start others frothing at the mouth, but NASA will be doing a "Demonstration Motor Static Test Fire" of Ares today at noon EDT. Sorry, meant to say "noon PDT" or "3:00 p.m. EDT"! I converted the NASA website information to my time zone but then accidentally typed the abbreviation for the original zone. Patty |
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Ares static test fire today
Strange choice of channel.. maybe its educational when it breaks the
vibration sensors. I can to some extent understand the design of the heavy lift vehicle, but why are they really going on with this launcher for humans when there are so amany vehicles able to already do the job? I never did understand it. Brian -- Brian Gaff - Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please! "Patty Winter" wrote in message ... This will please some of you and start others frothing at the mouth, but NASA will be doing a "Demonstration Motor Static Test Fire" of Ares today at noon EDT. It will be carried on NASA's Education Channel, which I don't think is carried on home cable or satellite systems, but is available on NASA's website. Patty |
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On Sep 10, 4:27�pm, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
Strange choice of channel.. maybe its educational when it �breaks the vibration sensors. I can to some extent understand the design of the heavy lift vehicle, but why are they really going on with this launcher for humans when there are so amany vehicles able to already do the job? I never did understand it. Brian -- Brian Gaff - Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please!"Patty Winter" wrote in message ... This will please some of you and start others frothing at the mouth, but NASA will be doing a "Demonstration Motor Static Test Fire" of Ares today at noon EDT. It will be carried on NASA's Education Channel, which I don't think is carried on home cable or satellite systems, but is available on NASA's website. Patty- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I HOPE the engine detonates in a fireball and destroys the test stand. it would add another nail in the coffin of this **** poor design |
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Brian Gaff wrote:
I'm surprised nobody has suggested bolting the five segment unit on a shuttle to make it have a higher orbit capability by now. Why don't they bolt 5 segment SRBs to the Shuttle to allow it to hault greater loads and/or reach higher orbits ? (there you go, someone now has suggested it :-) |
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Ares static test fire today
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
om... I'm surprised nobody has suggested bolting the five segment unit on a shuttle to make it have a higher orbit capability by now. Yeah, this idea occurred to me yesterday while watching the test. We'll see how long before someone seriously suggests it (since it has been discussed in the past.) -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. |
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message om... I'm surprised nobody has suggested bolting the five segment unit on a shuttle to make it have a higher orbit capability by now. This *has* been proposed in the past, just as Shuttle-C and numerous other shuttle upgrades have been proposed. Google ought to be able to find something. Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon |
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"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message ... "Brian Gaff" wrote in message om... I'm surprised nobody has suggested bolting the five segment unit on a shuttle to make it have a higher orbit capability by now. Yeah, this idea occurred to me yesterday while watching the test. We'll see how long before someone seriously suggests it (since it has been discussed in the past.) Considering that you'd likely have to change the ET design to handle the higher loads, don't look for this anytime soon (i.e. it will never happen). Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon |
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"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
... "Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message ... "Brian Gaff" wrote in message om... I'm surprised nobody has suggested bolting the five segment unit on a shuttle to make it have a higher orbit capability by now. Yeah, this idea occurred to me yesterday while watching the test. We'll see how long before someone seriously suggests it (since it has been discussed in the past.) Considering that you'd likely have to change the ET design to handle the higher loads, don't look for this anytime soon (i.e. it will never happen). Jeff I agree. And the original 5-SRB design was different from this one. If there was a much longer lifetime expected for the shuttle, it might be worth it, but under any realistic scenario (fly through 2010/11 or 2015) it's just not worth it. -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. |
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