Neil Gerace wrote:

" wrote in
message ups.com...



the DIV has to fly an odd trajectory (due to structural
concerns) that means that there are points in the ascent when abort is
*not* survivable.



Is that bad? Seems to me that it happens to STS as well.





From what I've been told, the thing is that if something goes goofy and
they hit the abort button, there are points in the launch trajectory
that result in the capsule (as that's what was assuemd at the time)
hitting the ground/water at unsurvivably high speed.