Re: Clueless in Italy part II

On Jan 25, 9:38 am, simberg.interglo...@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg)
wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:24:06 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
behlin...@xxxxxxxxx made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:



On Jan 25, 2:09 am, gaetanomarano <m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
.

sorry, but, I (don't only) think that the Ares-1 is a bad designed
rocket (that can't fly) but (also) that it could become VERY dangerous
if a manned or test launch abort occurs

that since and SRB-5, without the ejected Orion and the broken 2nd
stage, it could reach (and falls on) the cities around KSC, as
explained in this ghostNASA article:

http://www.ghostnasa.com/posts/021chillinglaunch.html

The Ares I SRB has range safety system that would split apart the
casing, shutting it down.
If Clueless would read more, he would have found out that the
Challenger SRB's were blown apart preventing them from reaching land
It is a requirement for all launch vehicles to have such a system and
without one, Ares I can not be flown from KSC

Not, it's not. AMROC's SET-1 vehicle didn't have one, and neither
does SpaceX Falcon 1. I don't think that Pegasus does, either. No
reusable piloted vehicle would have one. It is only a requirement on
a government range, and even there, it can be waived.

It is for KSC/CCAFS

As for an RLV, it depends on the fuel load. Re usability or manned
doesn't mean it automatically doesn't need one.

Unfortunately, Falcon 1 will probably required to have one for other
places than KWAJ since it demonstrated the need for one on its first
launch
The FAA will require such systems on non govt ranges. Waivers will be
a rare event.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Death Sentence for the Hubble?
    ... to your vehicle because it's cheaper. ... We have to show investors through many baby steps that as launch costs drop, ... NASA may want to keep ...
    (sci.astro)
  • Re: Death Sentence for the Hubble?
    ... to your vehicle because it's cheaper. ... We have to show investors through many baby steps that as launch costs drop, ... NASA may want to keep ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: FAA Blue Origin environmental assessment
    ... "Because Blue Origen's launch vehicle would ascend and descend ... RLVs carrying space flight participants on suborbital, ... The propulsion module ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: ...Nasa/Griffin LYING about Public Support for Moon/Mars Missions!
    ... of the vehicle, could provide benefits if done carefully. ... 10x the cost of an aircraft, and 5,000x the price of a container ship. ... launches, $10 million cost per launch for the vehicle. ... to orbit at a cost of $7.5 billion. ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: Jeff, why waste the time?
    ... > need VAB's, crawlers, and huge launch pads. ... > vehicle itself to the barest minimum that the ground infrastructure costs ... That's the way you reduce launch costs, ... In the case of personal computers (like the IBM PCs, Apples, ...
    (sci.space.policy)