On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 11:59 AM, Norman Yarvin <yarvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 05:47:21PM +0000, William Claybaugh wrote:Or a nozzle blowout that temporarily increases thrust tenfold?
We spent many thousands of hours during ESAS looking for any solid rockethand
failure mode that would create a more difficult escape environment than a
liquid rocket; that team identified one only which applies only when the
solid rocket is in line with and below the crew capsule. Despite much
waving by an Air Force employee, there were no identified failure modes
that created a more difficult escape environment when the solids were side
mounted.
That makes it sound as if the failure mode in question is one that
shoots debris straight up, like a cannon, and in no other direction.
Or no?