If they had control when the first 3, then 4 engines failed, why didn’t they shut off the remaining 2 engines that would go on to spin the rocket?
According to Manley, the remaining engines were non-vectoring, so there was never a way to keep flying straight with lopsided thrust. Shutting down would have kept it from spinning and allowed more data acquisition before aborting.
You saying shut down the engines from the ground? The vehicle computer would have a much better understanding of the system than the people on the ground during those first minutes. I’m guessing they just needed to trust their programming at that point.
If they had control when the first 3, then 4 engines failed, why didn’t they shut off the remaining 2 engines that would go on to spin the rocket?
According to Manley, the remaining engines were non-vectoring, so there was never a way to keep flying straight with lopsided thrust. Shutting down would have kept it from spinning and allowed more data acquisition before aborting.
You saying shut down the engines from the ground? The vehicle computer would have a much better understanding of the system than the people on the ground during those first minutes. I’m guessing they just needed to trust their programming at that point.