Tag: Ares I
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Ares I Lift Off Drift Curve focuses on the TVC – not just high winds
Documentation related to Ares I’s Lift Off Drift Curve issue has highlighted concerns with the vehicle’s Thrust Vector Control (TVC), via its reaction to controlling the vehicle as it climbs away from the pad. The concern with Lift Off Drift Curve has been reported on a singular aspect of high winds from the south, with…
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Constellation debate deleting Ares tests to beat 2015
The Constellation Acceleration Study Team are evaluating 160 “brainstorming ideas” in an attempt to reduce the current gap between shuttle and Ares/Orion by up to 18 months. However, such a process would come at a cost, with widescale deletions to Ares I testing and a major deferral to the development of the Lunar Orion. In…