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The Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) was a proposed alternative to the Maxime Faget-invented "tractor" launch escape system (LES) that was planned for use by NASA for its Orion spacecraft in the event an Ares I malfunction during launch required an immediate abort. The MLAS concept was dropped with the transformation of the Crew Exploration Vehicle into the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and the switch of the launch vehicle from Ares I (with its perennial underperformance) to the Delta IV Heavy or Space Launch System.
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| dbo:abstract | The Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) was a proposed alternative to the Maxime Faget-invented "tractor" launch escape system (LES) that was planned for use by NASA for its Orion spacecraft in the event an Ares I malfunction during launch required an immediate abort. Designed by NASA engineers and reported on the website NASASpaceFlight.com on December 6, 2007, the proposed MLAS used four existing Huntsville-built Thiokol solid-rocket motors (built in 1988) placed at 90° intervals within the Orion's bullet-shaped fairing. The fairing was originally designed to protect the Orion spacecraft from aerodynamic stresses during launch, and to provide an interface between the spacecraft's crew module with the LES. The MLAS was designed with the aim of reducing the height of the Orion/Ares I stack while also reducing weight and center-of-gravity issues of a traditional LES. The bullet-shaped MLAS was also expected to provide better aerodynamic qualities during the first two minutes of flight, reducing stresses when the vehicle encounters the "max Q" region of hypersonic flight. The MLAS was also expected to simplify production, as existing hardware would be employed. There are several drawbacks to MLAS. First, the bullet-shaped protective cover would have to be modified and reinforced to allow for the use of the solid-rocket motors, something not needed with the LES, which bolts on top of the LIDS docking ring assembly. Second, the necessity to fire multiple motors (LES uses one motor and multiple nozzles) simultaneously for an abort decreases the theoretical reliability of the launch abort system by introducing more failure modes. Like the existing LES, the MLAS would provide protection to the Orion spacecraft crew during the first 2+1⁄2 minutes of flight, with the MLAS being jettisoned, along with the service module's fairing panels, after the solid-rocket first stage was jettisoned. If implemented, the Orion/Ares I stack would have resembled the towerless Gemini-Titan stack used between 1965 and 1966, in which ejection seats were used as the primary form of escape for the astronauts who flew on the ten Gemini missions. The MLAS concept was dropped with the transformation of the Crew Exploration Vehicle into the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and the switch of the launch vehicle from Ares I (with its perennial underperformance) to the Delta IV Heavy or Space Launch System. (en) Il Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) era un'alternativa proposta al sistema di fuga dal launch escape system (LES) inventato da progettato per essere utilizzato dalla NASA per la capsula Orion in caso che richiedesse un aborto immediato. L'MLAS è stato progettato con l'obiettivo di ridurre l'altezza di Orion / Ares I riducendo allo stesso tempo i problemi di peso e di centro di gravità di un LES tradizionale. Ci si aspettava anche che l'MLAS a forma di proiettile fornisse migliori qualità aerodinamiche durante i primi due minuti di volo, riducendo le sollecitazioni quando il veicolo incontra la regione del "max Q" nel volo ipersonico. Si prevedeva inoltre che MLAS semplificasse la produzione, poiché sarebbe stato impiegato l'hardware esistente. Componenti del Max Launch Abort System Il concetto MLAS è stato abbandonato con la trasformazione del Crew Exploration Vehicle in Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, e il passaggio del veicolo di lancio da Ares I al Delta IV Heavy o Space Launch System. (it) |
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| rdfs:comment | The Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) was a proposed alternative to the Maxime Faget-invented "tractor" launch escape system (LES) that was planned for use by NASA for its Orion spacecraft in the event an Ares I malfunction during launch required an immediate abort. The MLAS concept was dropped with the transformation of the Crew Exploration Vehicle into the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and the switch of the launch vehicle from Ares I (with its perennial underperformance) to the Delta IV Heavy or Space Launch System. (en) Il Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) era un'alternativa proposta al sistema di fuga dal launch escape system (LES) inventato da progettato per essere utilizzato dalla NASA per la capsula Orion in caso che richiedesse un aborto immediato. L'MLAS è stato progettato con l'obiettivo di ridurre l'altezza di Orion / Ares I riducendo allo stesso tempo i problemi di peso e di centro di gravità di un LES tradizionale. Ci si aspettava anche che l'MLAS a forma di proiettile fornisse migliori qualità aerodinamiche durante i primi due minuti di volo, riducendo le sollecitazioni quando il veicolo incontra la regione del "max Q" nel volo ipersonico. Si prevedeva inoltre che MLAS semplificasse la produzione, poiché sarebbe stato impiegato l'hardware esistente. (it) |
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