[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The original shuttle design called for an escape capsule like an F-111 aircfaft has, but it was considered too costly and shelved. Until the Challeger disaster, they had no way of escape. They now put in a system where the astronauts could escape by parachute ( NASA tested it using a C-141), but the speed and altitude make that system most probably useless in this case.

[Riley]

Agreed. Now that I am calming down a little bit, and having done some skydiving, an exit from a craft at that speed and that altitude is just a flat-out 'no way'.

Buzz Aldrin is on FOX now.