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  • Ares I-X Data Continue To Match Models

    12/07/2009 12:47:09 AM PST · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 11 replies · 700+ views
    Aviation Week and Space Technology ^ | 12/04/2009 | Frank Morring, Jr.
    After 30 days of data reduction, Ares I-X engineers continue to find fairly close correlation between their computer models and the flight performance of the test vehicle, which was the tallest rocket ever launched. Flight-control algorithms developed for the operational vehicle "worked extremely well," said NASA's Marshall Smith, systems engineering and integration (SE&I) manager for Ares I-X, and the flight data in general validated the computer models being used to design Ares I. "I, personally, from SE&I, am very, very pleased with the performance of our (guidance, navigation and control) system; the algorithms that we're testing for Ares I worked...