In sci.space.history Pat Flannery wrote:

Although it doesn't have any RCS system, avionics, or heat shield on
this one, they say it will send "telemetry" back from orbit, and there
is something that looks like a camera window up near the nose:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001...on9/dragon.jpg
Does Dragon use a escape tower for launch abort in the manned version or
does it have base-mounted escape rockets?

The artist's impression of a Dragon launch as presented at:

http://www.spacex.com/dragon.php

doesn't show an escape tower. Now, whether that is an omission on the
part of the artist or reflects actual design I do not know.

rick jones
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