Re: Why wasn't escape tower used on Gemini?

In article <12mk7llivg0f22d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Mercury had a secondary hatch at it's apex for the astronaut to use in
an emergency if the capsule landed off course with no naval support in
sight, like happened to Carpenter. I don't know if Gemini had some sort
of similar hatch in case the capsule didn't swing over the the
horizontal position for landing...

I *think* the reentry RCS and other equipment precluded this on Gemini.
Remember that for Gemini, the answer to almost any "it's not working"
situation during landing was "eject".
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