To: Moonman62
IIRC, it wasn’t a seat. It was a boom that deployed out 40(?) or so feet from the hatch. the astronauts were supposed to get unbuckled, stand up against any acceleration forces, clip a ring onto this rod and slide away and off the rod past the exhaust plume, free fall, and deploy parachutes...
31 posted on
05/06/2018 4:03:31 PM PDT by
null and void
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To: null and void
I think they added that system after Challenger, and was only intended for when the Orbiter was gliding.
The first couple of flights had ejection seats that could have been used during ascent.
32 posted on
05/06/2018 4:11:23 PM PDT by
Moonman62
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To: null and void
33 posted on
05/06/2018 4:15:12 PM PDT by
Moonman62
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