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From: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (James W. Meritt)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle Escape Systems
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Date: 27 Apr 88 20:59:03 GMT
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In article <47316@ti-csl.CSNET> dmeyer@mips.UUCP (Dane Meyer) writes:
>Do any of you know why there isn't an escape system that could operate
>during the SRB burn which would save the crew compartment in it's
>entirity?  


Just to make a wild guess, I guess that it is sort of tough to get a
three story building safely away from one of the biggest skyrockets
in existence. 



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