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I think they're using the Starship to go from Gateway Station to lunar surface. So you could add an escape system, but where would you escape to?

• ceejayoz 3y ago
  No spacecraft (except the ISS) has a post-launch escape vehicle. Lunar Starship isn't really in-scope for a launch escape system.
  • singleshot_ 3y ago
    Mercury. Apollo.
    • ceejayoz 3y ago
      If you're counting the capsule itself, Starship qualifies too. If you're talking about the launch escape tower, that's for during launch. It's gone by the time you reach orbit, leaving you in the same scenario of Lunar Starship in the event of a failure; in space, but no way to get down.
      • singleshot_ 3y ago
        Ah, got it. I was thinking “clear of the tower” is the same as post launch but of course, you are completely right.
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