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Launch and Entry FailuresENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design
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Launch and Entry Failures“Failure is always an option”
• Various launch vehicle failures (video only)• STS 51-L - Challenger• STS 107 - Columbia• AMROC SET-1
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Launch and Entry FailuresENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design
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Review Slide - STS-51L L-1 FRR
From Edward R. Tufte, Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions Graphics Press, 1997
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Black Smoke Plumes from Aft Field Joint
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Photographic Evidence
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T+58 sec - Appearance of External
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Flame Hitting Aft Attach Fixture and ET
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Progression of SRB Burn-through
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Original SRB Field Joint Design
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The Slide That Was Presented
From Edward R. Tufte, Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions Graphics Press, 1997
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The Slide That Should Have Been...
From Edward R. Tufte, Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions Graphics Press, 1997
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Clearance Effects on O-Ring Seating
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Dynamic Motion of O-Ring Seals
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Redesigned SRB Field Joint
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Revised SRB Assembly Technique
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Columbia Launch - STS-107
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L+81.9 sec
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In-Flight Breakup
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Events Along Flight Path
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Columbia Debris Reconstruction
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CFD Analysis of Internal Airflow
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Failure Rates of Sensor Wiring Bundles
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Divergence of Roll/Yaw Angles
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High-Velocity Impact Testing of RCC
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Results of Impact Tests on RCC
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Entry Flow Regimes
ref: Frank J. Regan, Reentry Vehicle Dynamics AIAA Education Series, NY, NY 1984
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October 5, 1989 - T+2 sec
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October 6, 1989 - Aftermath
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