William> I find this interesting coming out of Circle A: you think
William> that an LES of fixed probability of successful operation is
William> better used on vehicles that fail much more often than on
William> vehicles that rarely fail?
I object to your assumption that the LES has a fixed probability of
working as designed, and that it will save people in all situations
when it is required to be used.
And you're also not addressing my core arguement which is that I think
(without the work experience I admit!) that solids have horrible
failure modes, while liquid fueled rockets have in general more benign
failure modes. In both cases while in under thrust.
William> Did I get this right?
We're talking past each other I think. Which is ok.
William> Bill
William> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 7:42 PM John Schilling
<john.schilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
William> wrote:
William> On 2/7/2018 9:47 AM, William Claybaugh wrote:
Henry:
You do seem very fond of this “...but failures can be catastrophic”
line. However, what happens to the rockets after the escape system
activates is *irrelevant* to crew safety.