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I wonder how much of this was designed not so much to ensure the safety of the astronauts and ground crew but rather to ease the mind of the people who had to m
by shawn-butler 14y ago
I wonder how much of this was designed not so much to ensure the safety of the astronauts and ground crew but rather to ease the mind of the people who had to make the decision to put them at risk that they at least tried to do something?
30 seconds down a chute seems like well, not a realistic survival scenario in the case of catastrophic explosion on the pad.
- Daniel_Newby 14y agoRockets are a lot like skyscrapers: they burn slowly and sedately for several minutes until the structural members overheat and collapse. (Assuming kerosene fuel like the Apollo rockets used.)
- caf 14y agoThe upper stages used hydrogen - if that leaks (or the LOX) then your bad day is going to proceed much more rapidly.