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TyMoore
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Hydrogen Burnoff Waiver for Space Shuttle Atlantis
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I noticed in an article on this site that engineers were seeking a safety waiver for unburned hydrogen in the event of a pad abort. They site that the reason for the waiver is that in the event of a pad abort where the SSMEs are shut down before SRB ignition, then the 3 or 4 pyrotechnic burnoff igniters may have already burned out before igniting post shutdown hydrogen plumes coming from the engine bells.
Why not simply install a second or third set of igniters to provide exended burnoff coverage. If they burn for 8 seconds each, then simply installing two more sets of three and igniting them in sequence will give a much longer coverage time. Surely they are far, far cheaper and safer than pad fire and explosion?
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MKremer
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Re: Hydrogen Burnoff Waiver for Space Shuttle Atlantis
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08/25/2006 03:32 pm »
IIRC the waiver is only for this flight. There may be a change to the igniter system already in work for future flights.
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Re: Hydrogen Burnoff Waiver for Space Shuttle Atlantis
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What do they use to make the sparks?
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Jim
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A pyrotechnic device
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Mark Dave
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I see. It reminds me though of the sparklers you get in a fireworks shop. Is that what is used, but in a larger scale, I mean the same material?
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Chris Bergin
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RE: Hydrogen Burnoff Waiver for Space Shuttle Atlantis
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There's a thread on this already, so I'll copy the URL here and lock this one
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=4012.msg60391#msg60391
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