Comments on: On the job http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/07/17/on-the-job/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-job Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: common sense http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/07/17/on-the-job/#comment-260902 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:25:06 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2467#comment-260902 Dear General Bolden,

I hope you (or someone from your staff) actually read this.

The current LAV on Ares I does not perform as already reported in multiple places. The LAV for a sidemount architecture would have to operate in an even more complex environment, be it on the pad or on ascent. I strongly suggest that until at least a proper ascent analysis of proximity aero and aerothermal environment for LAS motor plume be done this concept be put on hold. I also recommend a pad blast analysis as the LAV would have to survive not one but potentially two SRBs failure, augmented by an almost unavoidable ET blast.

The sidemount concept, as presented, will be even worse than the Ares I LV development issues.

Good luck in your new assignment!

]]> By: Chuck Bolden Confirmed, Already on the Job : The Pink Flamingo http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/07/17/on-the-job/#comment-260671 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:57:52 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2467#comment-260671 […] Administrator.  Chuck Bolden allegedly has been quietly sworn in as the Administrator of NASA.  Space Politics reports he is on the job, quietly.  Why no fanfare? NASA […]

]]> By: Space Politics » On the job - Himanchals Org. http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/07/17/on-the-job/#comment-260352 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:26:51 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2467#comment-260352 […] beyond an address to NASA employees at noon EDT Tuesday (on NASA TV). … The rest is here: Space Politics » On the job :a-more-formal, although-nothing, are-continuing, edt, employees-at-noon, has-been, Job, […]

]]> By: Michael Mealling http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/07/17/on-the-job/#comment-260277 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:34:20 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2467#comment-260277 Bolden taking oath:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/3730683564/in/photostream/

Garver taking oath:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/3730733856/in/photostream/

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