Start Date
4-1971 8:00 AM
Description
Now that aerospace technology has come full circle from aircraft that flew long before any thought of space flight, through space vehicles that could never be mistaken for aircraft, and now back to space vehicles that must also fly as conventional aircraft, it is appropriate to look at a rarely considered, but potentially disastrous, phase of aircraft operations: the overrun accident. That simple fact is that so long as aircraft continue to land on runways, occasionally one will fail to stop within the available distance. Without proper protection, this event can range in import from a red-faced pilot, through fractured landing gear and wrinkled skin, to total destruction.
The discussion which follows will review briefly the history and development of arrested landing, introduce existing equipment capable of arresting either component of the space shuttle, and present some thoughts on how best to adapt these space vehicles to overrun protection by emergency arrestment.
Arrestment Considerations for the Space Shuttle
Now that aerospace technology has come full circle from aircraft that flew long before any thought of space flight, through space vehicles that could never be mistaken for aircraft, and now back to space vehicles that must also fly as conventional aircraft, it is appropriate to look at a rarely considered, but potentially disastrous, phase of aircraft operations: the overrun accident. That simple fact is that so long as aircraft continue to land on runways, occasionally one will fail to stop within the available distance. Without proper protection, this event can range in import from a red-faced pilot, through fractured landing gear and wrinkled skin, to total destruction.
The discussion which follows will review briefly the history and development of arrested landing, introduce existing equipment capable of arresting either component of the space shuttle, and present some thoughts on how best to adapt these space vehicles to overrun protection by emergency arrestment.
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