gandalf@pro-canaveral.cts.com (Ken Hollis) (02/03/91)
Greetings and Salutations: A few random comments... From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >For one thing, there *is* no "ditch procedure" for an orbiter Crew escape system : The in-flight crew escape system is provided for use only when the orbiter is in controlled gliding flight and unable to reach a runway. This would normally lead to ditching. The crew escape system provides the flight crew with an alternative to water ditching or to landing on terrain other than a landing site. The probability of the flight crew surviving a ditching is very small. The crew compartment pressure is equalized with the outside pressure, the side hatch is pyrotechnically jettisoned, and bail out is made via the escape pole, to which each crew member attaches a lanyard hook to their parachute harness. The escape pole provides a trajectory that takes the crew members below the orbiter's left wing. This is a post challenger modification. Essentially this is the current ditch procedure. You call it. From: jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop) >In his book, Rep. Bill Nelson also said that even if the orbiter did not Please, I beg anyone who has a thought to buy Rep. Bill Nelson's book not to do so. The book is chock full of technical inaccuracy. If I had used a hi-lighter pen, I would have run out of ink hi-lighting the technical problems. From: ward@tsnews.Convergent.COM (Ward Griffiths) >old style. But wait a minute, wasn't it Fischer that made the >official "Space Pen"? With the 50psi of nitrogen pushing the >ink out of the tip at any angle? The Fischer company, in fact, advertises that particular incident on the material that comes with the pen. Ken Hollis ProLine: gandalf@pro-canaveral Internet: gandalf@pro-canaveral.cts.com UUCP: crash!pro-canaveral!gandalf