Why Solid Rocket Motors Can Be Very Dangerous
“Estimate of Secondary Effects of the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) Destruct Debris Environment on the Constellation Capsule (Illustrated with the TitanIV-A20 Destruct of Comparable SRBs, Propellant Mass, and comparable MET of ~40 sec)
CONCLUSIONS:
* The 45th-Space Wing has reasonable assessments for solid propellant debris fragment masses, velocities, etc.
* The Ares-1 capsule, with an LAS, will 25 not survive an abort between MET’s of ~30-60 seconds.
(High-Q is a risk from ~20-75 sec)”
“Estimate of Secondary Effects of the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) Destruct Debris Environment on the Constellation Capsule (Illustrated with the TitanIV-A20 Destruct of Comparable SRBs, Propellant Mass, and comparable MET of ~40 sec)
CONCLUSIONS:
* The 45th-Space Wing has reasonable assessments for solid propellant debris fragment masses, velocities, etc.
* The Ares-1 capsule, with an LAS, will 25 not survive an abort between MET’s of ~30-60 seconds.
(High-Q is a risk from ~20-75 sec)”
