On Apr 17, 10:35�am, Me wrote:
http://www.newspaceagency.com/articl...riginidea.html

Here, gaetanomarano errorously claims that he came up with the pusher
escape system, which he calls the "The Underside LAS" . � When it fact
this idea is more than 50 years old.

Fromhttp://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/ch4-5.htm

"The Air Force plans envisioned a pusher rocket escape system, meaning
that a rocket or rockets would fire at the base of the capsule to hurl
it clear of the booster. The PARD rocket experts, again led by Faget,
rejected this approach and began working on a solid-fueled tractor
escape rocket. This would be mounted above the capsule and would pull
it upward and away from a faulty launch vehicle.

and herehttp://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/ch6-4.htm

"Regarding the escape system, McDonnell's proposal had carefully
weighed the relative merits of STG's pylon, or tower, type of tractor
rocket with the alternative idea, which used three sets of dual-pod
pusher rockets, similar to JATO bottles, along either side of three
fins at the base of the capsule."

gaetanomarano claims to have many 'original" ideas, when they are no
more than just old ideas regurgitated.

too bad no one bothered to require the shuttles to have a real escape
system, it would of likely saved 2 crews lives, and the program
wouldnt be shutting down....