On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 15:26, Randall Clague wrote: > Rather than design a vehicle that crashes safely, why not design one > that doesn't crash?
I have never seen such a beast, and I suspect that it can not exist, in fact, I'd give better odds for the existence of pink unicorns. Considering how to keep passengers alive through a crash is a necessity. Now then, having seen the discussion I believe it is worth working on for a SSTO RLV, but not for the lower mass fraction suborbital and TSTO vehicles. In conjunction with a drag device or other speed limiter, there just might be a way to stay within mass budget and keep passengers alive through the dreaded VTVL engine out on final for most VTVL flight profiles. Dave -- David Masten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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