douglas@reed.UUCP (P Douglas Reeder) (05/10/88)
Which way does the pole extend from the shuttle hatch? Back along the wing? Slanting up? down? -- Doug Reeder USENET: ...!tektronix!reed!douglas 10 Cyclopedia Square from BITNET: douglas@reed.UUCP Terminus City from ARPA: tektronix!reed!douglas@berkley Terminus,The Foundation Box 502 Reed College,Portland,OR 97202
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (05/12/88)
> Which way does the pole extend from the shuttle hatch? Back along the wing? > Slanting up? down? Out and down, with a slight curve down and rearward, as I recall. The point is to get down below the wing. -- NASA is to spaceflight as | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology the Post Office is to mail. | {ihnp4,decvax,uunet!mnetor}!utzoo!henry
DMeyer@mips.csc.ti.com (Dane Meyer) (05/12/88)
In article <9268@reed.UUCP> you write: > Which way does the pole extend from the shuttle hatch? Back along the wing? > Slanting up? down? I just happened to have received my latest issue of SKYDIVING magazine which had a picture of a navy test jumper making a jump using the pole from some military cargo aircraft (they made 66 jumps from it). The pole is 10 feet long, 2 inches in diameter, and is curved, extending down and back, to end up under the shuttle wing thus ensuring a safe exit. The usage of this device is restricted to shuttle speeds under 200 knots and 20,000' altitude. They admit that there are few situations where this is a viable escape, but it would be used in the situation where the alternative would be to ditch the shuttle in the ocean, which they feel is too risky. Dane Meyer (Texas Instruments, Dallas) ARPA/CSnet: dmeyer@csc.ti.com UUCP: {convex!smu im4u texsun pollux ihnp4!infoswx rice}!ti-csl!dmeyer