Post-Landing Orion Crew Survival in Warm Ocean Areas: A Case Study in Iterative Environmental Design

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International Conference On Environmental Systems
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The Orion crew module (CM) is being designed to perform survivable land and water landings. There are many issues associated with post-landing crew survival. In general, the most challenging of the realistic Orion landing scenarios from an environmental control standpoint is the off-nominal water landing. Available power and other consumables will be very limited after landing, and it may not be possible to provide full environmental control within the crew cabin for very long after splashdown. Given the bulk and thermal insulation characteristics of the crew-worn pressure suits, landing in a warm tropical ocean area would pose a risk to crew survival from elevated core body temperatures, if for some reason the crewmembers were not able to remove their suits and/or exit the vehicle. This paper summarizes the analyses performed and conclusions reached regarding post-landing crew survival following a water landing, from the standpoint of the crew's core body temperatures.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-2080
Pages
9
Citation
Rains, G., Pantermuehl, J., and Bue, G., "Post-Landing Orion Crew Survival in Warm Ocean Areas: A Case Study in Iterative Environmental Design," SAE Int. J. Aerosp. 1(1):291-299, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-2080.
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Published
Jun 29, 2008
Product Code
2008-01-2080
Content Type
Journal Article
Language
English