At some point very soon, ATK will be told to make adjustments to facilitate the 5seg for HLV use and not as a first stage for A1. I wonder exactly what would need to be altered in the current design? The throat? The vectoring? Any thoughts?
Quote from: rcoppola on 08/31/2010 06:19 pmAt some point very soon, ATK will be told to make adjustments to facilitate the 5seg for HLV use and not as a first stage for A1. I wonder exactly what would need to be altered in the current design? The throat? The vectoring? Any thoughts?That has yet to be determined. It could be we stick with 4-segment, or we get a 4+dummy Ares I-X style for future requirements (doubtful), or yes it could go all the way to a 5-segment for a J-246 variant. Time will tell, but in any case ATK won't be hurting.
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Quote from: robertross on 08/31/2010 07:30 pmQuote from: rcoppola on 08/31/2010 06:19 pmAt some point very soon, ATK will be told to make adjustments to facilitate the 5seg for HLV use and not as a first stage for A1. I wonder exactly what would need to be altered in the current design? The throat? The vectoring? Any thoughts?That has yet to be determined. It could be we stick with 4-segment, or we get a 4+dummy Ares I-X style for future requirements (doubtful), or yes it could go all the way to a 5-segment for a J-246 variant. Time will tell, but in any case ATK won't be hurting.Ok, so I have a question for you. With 5 Seg doing so well in testing and HLV slated to be able to make great use of it and the timelines for development seem to match up very well, why wouldn't we go straight to 5 seg on a Block I HLV? Design it with 5 seg at inception for loads and ET attachment points...
Curious how they chilled it down?