Space Shuttle Range Safety Command Destruct System Analysis and Verification. Phase 2. Ordnance Options for a Space Shuttle Range Safety Command Destruct System

Abstract

External tank (ET) mounted command destruct system ordnance options were analyzed and judged on the basis of performance, cost, weight, development time, safety and ease of installation. A system using LSC's installed in the cable tray on the ET LOX/LH2 tanks was recommended.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA102320

Entities

People

  • A. J. Gorechlad
  • D. L. Lehto
  • J. M. Ward
  • N. L. Coleburn
  • W. M. Hinckley

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Spacecraft
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Technology Areas

  • Space