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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.space
Subject: Re: Ejection seats
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 18:40:43 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  3 18:40:43 1986
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In article <2612@ukma.UUCP> sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) writes:
>
>Your second sentence contradicts your first.  Think about the implications
>of ejection seats:
>
>1. They don't work at shuttle speeds.
>2. They are only viable for about a minute into the flight, unless you
>   make the crew wear pressure suits.
>3. The shuttle can ditch into water if necessary, and anything that would
>   preclude this is probably going to happen too fast to eject anyway.
>4. How the h*ll do you construct a blowaway canopy for a space shuttle?
>
Not to mention:

5. Due to the great speed of the shuttle(well over mach 1), wind shear
   would smash the ejection seat into the shuttles tail(or wings or ...)
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                                Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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