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From: hammen@puff.UUCP (Marvin the Paranoid Android)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Ejection Seats
Message-ID: <646@puff.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 21:31:51 EST
Article-I.D.: puff.646
Posted: Tue Feb 25 21:31:51 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 21:34:02 EST
References: <2911@ut-ngp.UUCP> <3046@umcp-cs.UUCP> <2755@amdahl.UUCP>, <6421@utzoo.UUCP>
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
Lines: 20
Summary: eject?

In article <6421@utzoo.UUCP>, henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) types: 
> > ... the shuttle crew seems to be spread on
> > two decks at launch.  An ejection option would require an easy access
> > path from seats on the lower deck, thru the upper deck, and out thru
> > the skin of the craft.
> 
> No, you can eject the lower-deck seats downward.  This is what's done
> on the B-52, which has two decks.  Of course, this means you need ejection
> hatches or blowaway panels or whatever on the underside.

And a nice big hole in the external tank for the seats to pass through...:-)
> -- 
> 				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
> 				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry

				Robert J. Hammen
				U. of Wisc. CS Dept.
				Manta Software Corp.
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