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SpaceX has a fail safe where the human capsule can eject, I hope Boeing also have this

• nordsieck 3y ago
  > SpaceX has a fail safe where the human capsule can eject, I hope Boeing also have this They do.
• ceejayoz 3y ago
  They have a very similar system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Pad_Abort_Test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Pad_Abort_Test
  • CobrastanJorji 3y ago
    You know, that looks scary to be in the capsule for, but far less scary than the Saturn V's Apollo Pad Abort Test, where the rocket was ON TOP of the capsule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_escape_system#/media/File:Apollo_Pad_Abort_Test_-2.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_escape_system#/media/Fi...
    • myfavoritetings 3y ago
      Whether you are being pushed or pulled by a rocket doesn't really matter. From the inside would feel very similar.
      • CobrastanJorji 3y ago
        It'd presumably feel a bit warmer for the case where you're underneath the rocket.
        • ceejayoz 3y ago
          Probably no significant impact, and probably no significant difference between the two. It's angled so it largely doesn't touch the capsule (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_Pad_Abort_Test_-2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_Pad_Abort_Tes...) and the capsule is made to keep the occupants safe through reentry, which reaches higher temperatures and lasts much longer than the second or two the pad abort rockets fire. (It might even be less heat impact to the capsule than the Dragon-style rockets, as the hot spent rocket remains on the capsule; Apollo-style abort towers jettison.)
    • mcpackieh 3y ago
      It might seem a little sketchy but it worked well. When they flew it on a small rocket to test it, the rocket accidentally broke apart but the escape tower system then performed perfectly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqeJzItldSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqeJzItldSQ