This report gives the findings of the space shuttle solid rocket booster main parachute damage reduction team. The purpose of the team was to investigate the causes of main parachute deployment damage and to recommend methods to eliminate or substantially reduce the damage. The team concluded that the two primary causes of significant damage during deployment are vent entanglement and contact of the parachutes with the main parachute support structure. As an inexpensive but effective step towards damage reduction, the team recommends modification of the parachute packing procedure to eliminate vent entanglement. As the most effective design change, the team recommends a pilot chute-deployed soft-pack system. Alternative concepts are also recommended that provide a major reduction in damage at a total cost lower than the pilot chute-deployed soft pack.


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    Title :

    Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Main Parachute Damage Reduction Team Report


    Contributors:
    G. Watts (author)

    Publication date :

    1993


    Size :

    93 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English