(Anybody else get the 'Right Stuff' theme music and visions of the end sequence of Coopers flight during that?)
Quote from: TheFallen on 10/28/2009 03:03 pmQuote from: Liss on 10/28/2009 02:55 pmMaybe it was all scheduled but the sep sequence was sort of depressive. I wonder if public and Congress will see it as a failure.1.) Ares I-X flew straight as an arrow during ascent2.) The REAL upper stage on Ares I will still be moving forward (on its OWN propulsion) once the first stage separates from it. Also, if artist concepts and online videos are anything to go by, the upper stage will have its own separation motors to help push it away from the FS after SRB burnout.1) Unless you count the apparently excessive "pad avoidance" maneuver.
Quote from: Liss on 10/28/2009 02:55 pmMaybe it was all scheduled but the sep sequence was sort of depressive. I wonder if public and Congress will see it as a failure.1.) Ares I-X flew straight as an arrow during ascent2.) The REAL upper stage on Ares I will still be moving forward (on its OWN propulsion) once the first stage separates from it. Also, if artist concepts and online videos are anything to go by, the upper stage will have its own separation motors to help push it away from the FS after SRB burnout.
Maybe it was all scheduled but the sep sequence was sort of depressive. I wonder if public and Congress will see it as a failure.
Quote from: TheFallen on 10/28/2009 03:03 pm1.) Ares I-X flew straight as an arrow during ascent1) Unless you count the apparently excessive "pad avoidance" maneuver.
1.) Ares I-X flew straight as an arrow during ascent
Quote from: ApolloLee on 10/28/2009 03:04 pmJust ask yourself.... With that liftoff tilt and that separation - even with separation motors - Do you think people should fly on that?This test has almost no resemblance to Ares-I, thus nothing about it would affect my decision to fly on Ares-I or not.
Just ask yourself.... With that liftoff tilt and that separation - even with separation motors - Do you think people should fly on that?
2) There is a delay between staging and second stage ignition, to prevent the motor's exhaust from rebounding off the first stage and potentially damaging the second stage. The ullage motors on the second stage will impart a slight acceleration, but only to settle propellant in the tanks prior to stage ignition. The 1st stage will (and did today) have booster separation motors -- essentially retro-rockets at the base of the aft skirt.
it's hard to say (much like LCROSS).
Even worse was the separation......
Quote from: Lee Jay on 10/28/2009 03:09 pmQuote from: ApolloLee on 10/28/2009 03:04 pmJust ask yourself.... With that liftoff tilt and that separation - even with separation motors - Do you think people should fly on that?This test has almost no resemblance to Ares-I, thus nothing about it would affect my decision to fly on Ares-I or not.If this test had no resembalance to Ares I, what was the test for?
Quote from: Lee Jay on 10/28/2009 03:09 pmQuote from: ApolloLee on 10/28/2009 03:04 pmJust ask yourself.... With that liftoff tilt and that separation - even with separation motors - Do you think people should fly on that?This test has almost no resemblance to Ares-I, thus nothing about it would affect my decision to fly on Ares-I or not.Then what is the point of the launch? Of course it is intended to match a real Ares I flight as much as possible.