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Article #7968Re: space news from April 11 AW&ST (ejection seats)
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sat, 14 May 1988 22:16
Date: Sat, 14 May 1988 22:16
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>... Why don't they install explosive-powered
>ejection seats on the shuttle...
It's been thought about; in fact that's what the pilots had for the first
few flights. The trouble is that ejection seats are heavy and bulky.
There isn't room to provide a full crew with ejection seats.
A secondary problem is that ejection seats introduce their own safety
hazards, since they are dangerous explosive devices. (People who have
to work around them treat them with great respect.)
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Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: space news from April 11 AW&ST (ejection seats) Message-ID: <1988May14.221603.15920@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1988May9.004935.49@utzoo.uucp>, <31710@linus.UUCP> Date: Sat, 14 May 88 22:16:03 GMT