Timeline for Are rocket self-destruct systems ever flight-tested/flight-proven?
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| May 30, 2021 at 1:14 | vote | accept | uhoh | ||
| Apr 1, 2021 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSpaceExp/status/1377636887867850755 | ||
| Apr 1, 2021 at 9:32 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Apr 1, 2021 at 3:27 | answer | added | DrSheldon | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 2:20 | history | edited | uhoh |
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| Apr 1, 2021 at 2:19 | comment | added | uhoh | @RussellBorogove ditto | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 2:18 | comment | added | uhoh |
@OrganicMarble a separate and very interesting question could ask about what exactly various destruct systems are designed to accomplish and how it differs. I hesitate to ask myself because someone will just comment "Obviously, to destruct itself". This question is about complete end-to-end testing of the system. These days I doubt it, but I'm going to add the history tag because a lot of stuff that is understood now wasn't in the past.
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| Apr 1, 2021 at 1:50 | comment | added | Organic Marble | @RussellBorogove supposedly the Proton FTS just shuts off the engines. Whee! | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 1:41 | comment | added | Russell Borogove | My understanding is that flight termination systems are specifically designed to open the tankage widely, so that the propellants can mix and burn (relatively) safely, up in the air, instead of doing so at ground level. (The term "unzipping" is often used.) Breaking into high-drag sections (hence with low terminal velocity) is probably a desirable and unavoidable side effect of doing so. | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 1:37 | comment | added | Organic Marble | As now written, I am unaware of any such test. The piece-parts, sure, they were tested and qualified. I was always jealous of those guys! | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 1:34 | comment | added | uhoh | @OrganicMarble good point! Edited accordingly. | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 1:33 | history | edited | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 1, 2021 at 1:32 | comment | added | Organic Marble | Do you mean the system as a whole, or portions of it? | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 1:30 | comment | added | uhoh | even if we get a pyrotechnics tag please also keep the explosives tag because this is a question about testing the performance of explosives. | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 1:29 | history | asked | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |