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Post-Landing Orion Crew Survival in Warm Ocean Areas: A Case Study in Iterative Environmental DesignThe Orion crew module (CM) is being designed to perform survivable land and water landings. There are many issues associated with post-landing crew survival. In general, the most challenging of the realistic Orion landing scenarios from an environmental control standpoint is the off-nominal water landing. Available power and other consumables will be very limited after landing, and it may not be possible to provide full environmental control within the crew cabin for very long after splashdown. Given the bulk and thermal insulation characteristics of the crew-worn pressure suits, landing in a warm tropical ocean area would pose a risk to crew survival from elevated core body temperatures, if for some reason the crewmembers were not able to remove their suits and/or exit the vehicle. This paper summarizes the analyses performed and conclusions reached regarding post-landing crew survival following a water landing, from the standpoint of the crew s core body temperatures.
Document ID
20080014194
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Rains, George E.
(Jacobs Technologies Engineering Science Contract Group Houston, TX, United States)
Bue, Grant C.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Pantermuehl, Jerry
(Jacobs Technologies Engineering Science Contract Group Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2008
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Meeting Information
Meeting: 38th International Conference on Environmental Systems
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: June 29, 2008
Sponsors: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 644423.02.36.12.10
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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