NASA’s moon rockets will sport shocks to smooth out bumpy ride
AUG 20, 2008
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.022597
USA Today : The nation’s new moon rockets will be outfitted with shock absorbers to buffer astronauts from jackhammer-like vibrations during rocky rides into orbit.
A spring-and-damper ring will separate the first and second stages of Ares 1 rockets, which NASA is developing for missions to the International Space Station, the moon and later Mars.
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