Re: Air Force Signs Off on SRB-CEV

Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>CEV goes on Proton, Proton suffers a failure during ascent, CEV fires
>its escape system, Proton is destroyed by Range Safety, CEV opens its
>parachutes, descending CEV floats through destroyed Proton propellant
>cloud, parachutes dissolve, CEV falls to destruction.
>Not good.

There should be no flight regime where you float down through the
debris cloud after an abort.

Getting and staying clear of the likely fireball is a primary
goal of the escape system...


-george william herbert
gherbert@xxxxxxxxx

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