@Orbit I agree, without an abort system, it becomes a literal missile. If I’m correct, NASA hired Lockheed Martin to calculate chance of success, and they put it at 7%. So NASA tested more to help get it higher than that. The main problem was the SRBs, sure they provided more than 60% thrust at liftoff to help. But if something happened that forced the crew to abort (which they couldn’t in the first place) they would have to “ride out” the boosters, because their planned abort system couldn’t escape them without up from the exhaust.
@MarioG I would have to agree, they was actually supposed to be engines that were expendable, they were basically the same as the RS-25 engine, but made out of carbon-like material, but they soon figured out that they would melt if paced beside the SRBs on the NLS (which is a whole other thing)
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4.0 years agoIM READY!!!!
4.0 years agoThe capability to lift 30 tons to orbit.
4.6 years ago@Orbit I agree, without an abort system, it becomes a literal missile. If I’m correct, NASA hired Lockheed Martin to calculate chance of success, and they put it at 7%. So NASA tested more to help get it higher than that. The main problem was the SRBs, sure they provided more than 60% thrust at liftoff to help. But if something happened that forced the crew to abort (which they couldn’t in the first place) they would have to “ride out” the boosters, because their planned abort system couldn’t escape them without up from the exhaust.
5.2 years ago@MarioG yes it was that, I heard that they had gotten so far as to testing the motor
5.2 years ago@MarioG I would have to agree, they was actually supposed to be engines that were expendable, they were basically the same as the RS-25 engine, but made out of carbon-like material, but they soon figured out that they would melt if paced beside the SRBs on the NLS (which is a whole other thing)
5.2 years agoCan't wait!
5.3 years ago