#Boeing #CST100 #Starliner pad abort test site in White Sands, NM; the views are breathtaking and chilies are great!
Engineers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, and Boeing dropped a full-scale test article of the company’s CST-100 Starliner into Langley’s 20-foot-deep Hydro Impact Basin.
This artist’s concept shows Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. In partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, the Starliner is being developed to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Credit: Boeing
Quote from: jacqmans on 02/12/2016 11:55 amThis artist’s concept shows Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. In partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, the Starliner is being developed to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Credit: BoeingWhat's the purpose of the perforated ring around the SM?
Published on Feb 19, 2016Engineers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., and Boeing dropped a full-scale test article of the company’s CST-100 Starliner into Langley’s 20-foot-deep Hydro Impact Basin at the Landing and Impact Research Facility. Although the spacecraft is designed to land on land, Boeing is testing the Starliner’s systems in water to ensure astronaut safety in the unlikely event of an emergency. This test happened Feb. 9, 2016.
Quote from: Thorny on 02/17/2016 05:12 pmQuote from: jacqmans on 02/12/2016 11:55 amThis artist’s concept shows Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. In partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, the Starliner is being developed to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Credit: BoeingWhat's the purpose of the perforated ring around the SM?Apparently that ring is for stability on ascent, though there's not much detail about that. http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1081471-boeing-cst-100-spacecraft-updates/?page=2
Apparently that ring is for stability on ascent, though there's not much detail about that. http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1081471-boeing-cst-100-spacecraft-updates/?page=2
Quote from: whitelancer64 on 02/19/2016 09:22 pmApparently that ring is for stability on ascent, though there's not much detail about that. http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1081471-boeing-cst-100-spacecraft-updates/?page=2It probably also helps assure a clean separation and prevents recontact by increasing drag on the SM.
In case of an abort though, you'd want clean separation of the SM.