NASA Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Test

[anikidwolfy]

this reminds me of a ps1 pirate ship game

[hren20000]

испытание моей кухонной газовой плиты

[Nanovirus5995]

The echoed voice is soo badass

[YoLninYo]

This weighs more than the capsule. And the launch vehicle has to take this thing all the way to orbit before it can be jettisoned. Sounds stupid to me, because this covers 2% of the "perils" but not the 98% for things like a mars mission, and it's basically dead weight.

If you still have to worry about shit going wrong when you've had planet earth to rely on, then you are long ways away from sending ppl to mars. All that weight should be extra gear for long missions. stupid. regressive. shit.

[dsarnold]

@YoLninYo Wrong on all counts.

[YoLninYo]

@dsarnold you're welcome to post some numbers and really prove me wrong instead of making unsubstantiated claims.

[souredcurry]

@YoLninYo A) you can go ahead and post some numbers to back up your claims that it weighs more than the launch capsule etc. B) You're missing the point that the most valuable asset on these missions is the crew itself. No crew, no mission, and losing a crew is losing a lot of expertise that will be hard to replace. I am perfectly fine with my tax dollars going towards that cause.

[YoLninYo]

@souredcurry fair enough, however it is possible to make a reasonable guess based on how massive this system appears. Take a look at this NASA article (bit ly SLASH yFKusC ) .. on (B), I fail to see your logic. Not having an L.A.S for STS for its 135 flights was an "acceptable risk" but now all of a sudden, when EVERY pound counts, it is THE MOST important thing? and the protection lasts up till about 300,000 feet. After that, your tax dollars stop caring? for the 6 mnth voyage to Mars that is..

[skyprop]

what's with the skittering flames?



[DEVILMATE1996]

»»───(knee)───►

[LTF85199]

great, looks like they are finally thinking seriously into crew safety and confidence.

[FUNDARIVEN]

Impresionante!!! cuando hacen el siguiente test de vuelo?

[RoboTekno]

epic

[ubuibiok]

NASA's Orion Project