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Article #4012Re: Crew Escape Mechanisms
From: tim
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1987 01:32
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1987 01:32
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In article <1842@phred.UUCP> petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) writes: < stack after the SRB's have burned out, but before reaching orbit. There < is no possible escape during the first 2 minutes of ascent because of the < loads on the vehicle. The rocket escape system, in short, will propel each Since the Challenger crew survived the explosion, doesn't that indicate that there is a possible escape mechanism for the first two minutes? For instance, put a parachute on the crew compartment, and when there is an emergency, you blow up the external tank. The crew compartment then descends back to the ocean. Ok, this is a little crazy, but is there anything wrong with it at a fundamental level? By the way, did NASA ever release the autopsy reports? How many crew members did survive the explosion? How serious were their injuries before they hit the water? -- Tim Smith, Knowledgian tim@ism780c.isc.com "and if I ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry, yes, if I ever lose my eyes, oh if... I won't have to cry no more"
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!psuvax1!burdvax!sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim From: tim@ism780c.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Crew Escape Mechanisms Message-ID: <8045@ism780c.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 20:32:44 EST Article-I.D.: ism780c.8045 Posted: Tue Nov 24 20:32:44 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 12:47:47 EST References: <843@alliant.Alliant.COM> <1842@phred.UUCP> Reply-To: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica CA Lines: 22