Kevin E. Konno, Daniel A. Catalano, and Thomas M. Krivanek
Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Evaluation of Separation Mechanism Design for the
Orion/Ares Launch Vehicle
NASA/TM—2008-215182
June 2008
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