Mitch Cronin Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Does anyone know if there were any unexpected results or mishaps? What I see on this video looks like something might have been less than desirable just at the final separation, ...and then you see what looks like some helpless engineer watching some computer going fritzy on him. ? In any case, ...Wow! What an awesomely powerful machine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I saw Ares last month in the VAB being prepped for the flight... sure wish I could have been there for the launch. Ares I-X Flight Test Parachute failure only blemish in successful Ares test flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Thanks CD. This is what I was wondering about: "In what appeared to be a surprise at the time, the upper stage went into a slow, flat spin instead of continuing upward on a nose-forward trajectory. Ess said Friday engineers, in fact, expected that behavior and had seen it in scores of computer simulations." ...and then: "for Ares I there's an attitude control system on it. So as soon as you separate, there are attitude control motors that will keep the upper stage where it needs to be and then the J2 engine will kick off as well and we'll have active control. So that is something that's very, very different between I-X and Ares I." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I saw Ares last month in the VAB being prepped for the flight... sure wish I could have been there for the launch. Ares I-X Flight Test Parachute failure only blemish in successful Ares test flight How did it compare in height to the Shuttle (which is about 1/2 the size of a Saturn V)?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steam Driven Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 This might answer your questions... Graphic: New Ares 1 NASA rocket already obsolete, report suggests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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