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A study of the role of pyrotechnic systems on the space shuttle programPyrotechnic systems, high burn rate propellant and explosive-actuated mechanisms, have been used extensively in aerospace vehicles to perform a variety of work functions, including crew escape, staging, deployment and destruction. Pyrotechnic system principles are described in this report along with their applications on typical military fighter aircraft, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and a representative unmanned spacecraft. To consider the possible pyrotechnic applications on the space shuttle the mechanical functions on a large commercial aircraft, similar in scale to the shuttle orbiter, were reviewed. Many potential applications exist for pyrotechnic system on the space shuttle, both in conventional short-duration functions and in longer duration and/or repetitive type gas generators.
Document ID
19730022108
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Lake, E. R.
(McDonnell Aircraft Co. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Thompson, S. J.
(McDonnell Aircraft Co. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Drexelius, V. W.
(McDonnell Aircraft Co. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Date Acquired
September 2, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1973
Publication Information
Publisher: NASA
Subject Category
Space Vehicles
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-2292
Report Number: NASA-CR-2292
Accession Number
73N30840
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-10892
PROJECT: RTOP 128-36-61-01-00
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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