Hi Chuck,
Still not Human Rated! The Simulated Astronauts Died. Abort Test Grade:
Failed. That is unacceptable behavior for a SubSonic Capsule ... the rest
of my words are redacted. Redacted, REDACTED. redacted.
https://youtu.be/2RbbSGrO_tY?t=200
"...And it would Appear, that,, the,,, test is complete."
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Craig Fink
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On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 12:34 PM Redacted sender crogers168 for DMARC <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Craig:
It was a boilerplate crew module, without a parachute recovery system.
Once the crew module separated and was out of the near-field flow field
behind the launch abort system, the test was over.
The flight data was telemetered to the ground. As a back-up, ejectable
data recorders were used as a second means to get the flight data if there
was a telemetry system failure. The ejectable data recorders were ejected
after crew module separation.
After reentry from orbit, or after an abort, drogue parachutes are
deployed. (There are modes where you go direct to the main parachutes.)
As the boilerplate crew module had no parachute system, it had no drogue
parachutes.
The crew module has to be stable after separation from the launch abort
system for a short period of time before deployment of the drogue
parachutes. (Or for the short period of time before you go direct to the
main parachutes.) The crew module was stable for this short period of time.
Tumbling later in the flight shows why drogue parachutes are used. Drogue
parachutes are lighter than other options of reconfiguration of the outer
mold line, Center of Gravity (CG) shift beyond what is built into the
capsule for a small Lift-over-Drag (L/D) ratio during hypersonic reentry,
or other options.
As I noted; after the crew module separated from the launch abort system,
the test was over.
Charles E. (Chuck) Rogers
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Fink <webegood@xxxxxxxxx>
To: arocket <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Jul 5, 2019 7:56 am
Subject: [AR] Orion Abort Test Failure...
...Not Human Rated. Orion Abort Test was a complete and utter failure, yet
NASA calls it a success?
I can make some assumptions about what they did, like. The shape of the
Orion Capsule is correct. The Center of Gravity (CG) is correct. Given
these two assumptions, this Orion Capsule test was a complete and utter
failure. Back to the drawing board and re-design the entire Capsule, it's
not Human Rated.
NASA showed this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rfsDMGplZU
Yet, here is what the Orion Capsule flying through the atmosphere.
https://youtu.be/2RbbSGrO_tY?t=170
I would hardly call this "Stable" flight. Exactly how many RPM do NASA
Astronauts like to be spinning at, when they impact the water? Gees, can
you imagine what it would be like to "Work the Problem" tumbling at that
rate?
The Orion Capsule is unstable.
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Craig Fink
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