Max Launch Abort System successfully tested

Photos and video he
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/missions/mlas.html
Test vehicle would make a great looking model rocket.

Pat

On Jul 9, 12:41 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
Photos and video hehttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/missions/mlas.h
tml
Test vehicle would make a great looking model rocket.

Pat

If their primary solid rocket below explodes, they'd better have 20
gees worth of MLAS acceleration at their disposal. However, at 20,411
kg (nearly 20.5 tonnes) it's unlikely they'll get a fully loaded 2
gees worth (about a tenth of what they'll need if hell happens).

However using this as their top/final trans-lunar boost stage should
help get that tonnage of payload there in a whole lot better time.

Too bad that ghostNASA didn't think of this first. Oops! he kind of
did.

~ BG

On Jul 9, 3:41 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
Photos and video hehttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/missions/mlas.h
tml
Test vehicle would make a great looking model rocket.

Pat

Quite a complicated series of chute deployements (wonder if they are
all intended for actual operation or some are for test recovery).
Hope its all gonna' work. I was surprised at how enshrouded the crew
vehicle seems to be. It would be nice to see it all work. Launch
pics looked like a 50's sci-fi............Doc

On Jul 9, 12:41 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
Photos and video hehttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/missions/mlas.h
tml
Test vehicle would make a great looking model rocket.

Pat

(correction)
If their primary solid rocket below explodes, they'd better have 20
gees worth of MLAS acceleration at their disposal. However, at 20,411
kg (nearly 20.5 tonnes) plus crew modules, it's unlikely they'll get a
fully loaded 5 gees worth (about a forth of what they'll need if hell
happens to bust lose).

However using this as their top/final trans-lunar boost stage should
help get that tonnage of payload there in a whole lot better time.

Too bad that ghostNASA didn't think of this first. Oops! he kind of
did.

~ BG

"Dr.Colon Oscopy" wrote in
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On Jul 9, 3:41 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
Photos and video
hehttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/missions/mlas.h
tml
Test vehicle would make a great looking model rocket.

Pat

Quite a complicated series of chute deployements (wonder if they are
all intended for actual operation or some are for test recovery).
Hope its all gonna' work. I was surprised at how enshrouded the crew
vehicle seems to be. It would be nice to see it all work. Launch
pics looked like a 50's sci-fi............Doc



Wasn't a full test, though. The actual escape rocket motor wasn't
used at all.

--Damon

There was a URL posted here awhile back as I recall that discussed exactly
that. I odn't recall the details though.

--
Greg Moore
Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC.
"Dr.Colon Oscopy" wrote in message
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On Jul 9, 3:41 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
Photos and video hehttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/missions/mlas.h
tml
Test vehicle would make a great looking model rocket.

Pat

Quite a complicated series of chute deployements (wonder if they are
all intended for actual operation or some are for test recovery).
Hope its all gonna' work. I was surprised at how enshrouded the crew
vehicle seems to be. It would be nice to see it all work. Launch
pics looked like a 50's sci-fi............Doc

Dr.Colon Oscopy wrote:
Quite a complicated series of chute deployements (wonder if they are
all intended for actual operation or some are for test recovery).
Hope its all gonna' work. I was surprised at how enshrouded the crew
vehicle seems to be. It would be nice to see it all work. Launch
pics looked like a 50's sci-fi............Doc


To me it looks like Verne's Moon shell with fins added.
They sure want to make sure they know what number each fin is, don't they?

Pat

On Jul 10, 7:14 am, Damon Hill wrote:


Wasn't a full test, though. The actual escape rocket motor wasn't
used at all.

--Damon

Damon,

I thought that this was a test of the escape motor, and that this was
a test of an alternate non-tower based escape system.

Did I miss a rather major point here? (no fair counting the one on
the top of my head)

Take care . . .

John