Re: Criticisms of previous NASA programs

On 07 Jan 2009 15:46:00 +0200, SENECA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


*From:* SENECA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Date:* 05 Jan 2009 19:31:00 +0200

less for Apollo then STS. That the first flight of STS was already
manned
was an unusual risk (but hard to avoid). Specially as the STS
entered a
very new flight regime never used before.

The first (and only) flight of Buran was unmanned.

Yes, but is was more modern craft than STS-1 Columbia in 1981.
Columbia had a design problem in the RCS and would no have survived
automatic reentry. The pilot switched off the automatic and saved
the mission. That was not published then but I expect the Soviets
got some input from the US experience anyway.

It was published very quickly after it happened, considering the paper
writing and reviewing cycle time. Search the Dryden archives for
papers by Iliff (and Maine, I think).

I mean, everyone knew the second flight was being hand-flown in
re-entry well before it launched. That was hardly unpublished. When
you put something in the press kit it's pretty public. The Soviets
were sure to have noticed.

Mary "I have great admiration for the Soviet aerospace community."
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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
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