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SLS and Orion

USAF: Orion Crew Will Not Survive Early Mission Abort

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
July 17, 2009

USAF 45th Space Wing Study: Capsule~100%-Fratricide Environments (Implications for NASA’s Ares-1 and Crew)
“Estimate of Secondary Effects of the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) Destruct Debris Environment on the Constellation Capsule
(Illustrated with the TitanIV-A20 Destruct of Comparable SRBs, Propellant Mass, and comparable MET of ~40 sec)
CONCLUSIONS:
* The 45th-Space Wing has reasonable assessments for solid propellant debris fragment masses, velocities, etc.
* The Ares-1 capsule, with an LAS, will 25 not survive an abort between MET’s of ~30-60 seconds.
(High-Q is a risk from ~20-75 sec)”

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