Re: News: NASA to use roller coaster for CEV crew launch pad escape
- From: "w9gb" <spam_protect@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:46:19 -0600
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On 6 Nov 2006 08:04:04 -0800, "Rusty" <reuben_barton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The coaster escape system is the most expensive at roughly $8 million,
but it is also the quickest escape from the pad. Designs show it's just
an 18 second ride to the end of the line.
"...Although the Ares 13 and its launch vehicle were damaged beyond
repair by the mishap on the pad, the crew were saved by the RCES -
Roller Coaster Escape System. At a press conference following the
crew's release from a local hospital, where they were given a clean
bill of health following their ordeal, mission commander Jack "Smiley"
Sterling thanked the pad crew for their swift action in helping them
escape certain death with such ease. However, Sterling and his crew
expressed some extreme dissatisfaction with one aspect of the rescue
efforts:
"Well, I think I speak for the crew as a whole when I say I was
disappointed that, after months and months of training, that coaster
ride only lasted 18 seconds. We feel that the amount of sacrifice
future crews make towards the Orion program deserves a much longer
ride on that coaster than we obviously got. Rest assured we intend to
speak to the park manager and at least get our "E" ticket refunded."
Once press and media microphones and cameras were turned off ....
".. We know that if the optional Yeager Loop was not cut for budgetary
reasons, the added 1.5 seconds would have made this ride worth repeating !
Damn the Ares launch vehicle cost !"
:-)
gb
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