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>>> the BIG Ares-1 MYSTERY >>>
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gaetanomarano
Dec 7, 2009, 7:51:05 AM12/7/09
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about the Ares 1-X test... it's STILL really NOT clear why NASA
defines a "success" a flight that has reached ONLY the (very low) 35
km. of altitude (or 39 km. adding the SRB inertia) while, the Shuttle
SRBs reach over 45 km. (10 km. more) and the 1st stage of the Ares-1
MUST reach (at least) 55 km. of altitude (20 km. more than the 1-X)
despite the SRB-5 has only 7% more power than a standard SRB, rather
than (nearly) TWICE (as needed to reach nearly TWICE the altitude with
the same upperstage mass)
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http://www.ghostnasa.com/posts2/058ares1dead.html
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about the Ares 1-X test... it's STILL really NOT clear why NASA
defines a "success" a flight that has reached ONLY the (very low) 35
km. of altitude (or 39 km. adding the SRB inertia) while, the Shuttle
SRBs reach over 45 km. (10 km. more) and the 1st stage of the Ares-1
MUST reach (at least) 55 km. of altitude (20 km. more than the 1-X)
despite the SRB-5 has only 7% more power than a standard SRB, rather
than (nearly) TWICE (as needed to reach nearly TWICE the altitude with
the same upperstage mass)
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http://www.ghostnasa.com/posts2/058ares1dead.html
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hal...@aol.com
Dec 7, 2009, 11:01:03 AM12/7/09
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it got off the ground:)
NASA PR, for a otherwised dead program...........
Sylvia Else
Dec 10, 2009, 3:49:05 AM12/10/09
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You might as well ask how they can consider it a successful test despite
the fact that it didn't land two men on the moon.
Whether a test is successful depends on whether it showed what it was
intended to show.
Sylvia
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