Randall Clague wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:50:57 -0400 (EDT), Henry Spencer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > More generally: the payoff, in simpler behavior and easier analysis, for > > a "clean" vehicle, with a simple shape and no lumps and bumps, is high. > > > > The aerodynamic analysis of the Saturn V was complicated *enormously* by > > all the external plumbing runs, wiring tunnels, equipment housings, > > structural reinforcements, etc etc etc. > > And here we just wrapped up an internal debate about wiring routing > for Spike. The purist faction wanted to run it inside the peroxide > tank to reduce drag and minimize potential landing damage. The > pragmatist faction want to run it outside the tank for ease of > manufacture, operations, and maintenance, and the hell with the drag. > (Can you tell which side I was on?) When the pragmatists proposed a > ribbon cable secured to the exterior tank wall by adhesive aluminum > tape, the purists relented. > > Of course, Spike will be rather smaller than a Saturn V.
Heck, most of the "lumps and bumps" on a Saturn V were probably larger than Spike! -dave w _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
