The Office of Safety and Mission Quality initiated a Pyrotechnically Actuated Systems (PAS) Program in FY-92 to address problems experienced with pyrotechnically actuated systems and devices used both on the ground and in flight. The PAS Program will provide the technical basis for NASA's projects to incorporate new technological developments in operational systems. The program will accomplish that objective by developing/testing current and new hardware designs for flight applications and by providing a pyrotechnic data base. This marks the first applied pyrotechnic technology program funded by NASA to address pyrotechnic issues. The PAS Program has been structured to address the results of a survey of pyrotechnic device and system problems with the goal of alleviating or minimizing their risks. Major program initiatives include the development of a Laser Initiated Ordnance System, a pyrotechnic systems data base, NASA Standard Initiator model, a NASA Standard Linear Separation System and a NASA Standard Gas Generator. The PAS Program sponsors annual aerospace pyrotechnic systems workshops.
NASA Pyrotechnically Actuated Systems Program
1993
31 pages
Report
No indication
English
Rocket Propellants , Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics , Space Safety , Information Systems , Data bases , Gas generators , Initiators (Explosives) , Pyrotechnics , Safety devices , Separators , Laser applications , Weapon systems , NASA programs , Ordnance , Solid propellant ignition , Aerospace safety , Actuators
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