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From: c8921212@frey.nu.oz.au (luke plaizier)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle Abort Modes
Message-ID: <1990Nov27.052310.689@frey.nu.oz.au>
Date: 27 Nov 90 05:23:10 GMT
References: <1990Nov26.222928.6431@news.arc.nasa.gov>
Organization: Department of Mathematics, Uni of Newcastle, Oz.
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yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes:

>The following is an excerpt from the STS-41 Press Kit
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>        SPACE SHUTTLE ABORT MODES


>        Abort modes include:

>        % Abort-To-Orbit (ATO)
	
	{.............}

>        % Abort-Once-Around (AOA)

	{............}

>        % Trans-Atlantic Abort Landing (TAL)

	{............}

>        % Return-To-Launch-Site (RTLS)

	Aaahhh...but Pete, you forgot two quite important ones, of which one has
already happened...

	% Crash Into The Ground (CITG)

	Where all three main engines shut off during SRB burn and the stack 
cannot correct itself well enough. Results in severe damage to the orbiter with
NASA saying they had always WANTED to maintain flight crew and orbiter safety.

	% Explode In Might Flight (EIMF)

	This abort mode is caused by a variety of Criticality 1 elements within
any stage of the flight from T-minus several days to T-plus several days. The
result is COMPLETE destruction to flight crew and orbiter with huge scandals
about how NASA operate its flight program ensuing.

	
	I certainly hope there's an administrator out there who'll take off the
blindfolds soon :-) (-:.




	Luke.