Max Launch Abort System successfully tested

Max Launch Abort System successfully tested
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Max Launch Abort System successfully tested Pat Flannery 07-09-2009
Posted by Pat Flannery on July 9, 2009, 3:41 pm
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Photos and video here:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/missions/mlas.html
Test vehicle would make a great looking model rocket.

Pat


Posted by BradGuth on July 9, 2009, 4:52 pm
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If their primary solid rocket below explodes, they'd better have 20
gees worth of MLAS acceleration at their disposal. However, at 20,411
kg (nearly 20.5 tonnes) it's unlikely they'll get a fully loaded 2
gees worth (about a tenth of what they'll need if hell happens).

However using this as their top/final trans-lunar boost stage should
help get that tonnage of payload there in a whole lot better time.

Too bad that ghostNASA didn't think of this first. Oops! he kind of
did.

~ BG


Posted by Dr.Colon Oscopy on July 9, 2009, 8:10 pm
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Quite a complicated series of chute deployements (wonder if they are
all intended for actual operation or some are for test recovery).
Hope its all gonna' work. I was surprised at how enshrouded the crew
vehicle seems to be. It would be nice to see it all work. Launch
pics looked like a 50's sci-fi............Doc


Posted by Damon Hill on July 10, 2009, 7:14 am
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Wasn't a full test, though. The actual escape rocket motor wasn't
used at all.

--Damon


Posted by John on July 15, 2009, 12:34 pm
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Damon,

I thought that this was a test of the escape motor, and that this was
a test of an alternate non-tower based escape system.

Did I miss a rather major point here? (no fair counting the one on
the top of my head)

Take care . . .

John


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