Jeff Findley wrote on Wed, 22 Aug 2018
06:41:13 -0400:

In article ,
says...

Will SpaceX provide emergency egress joy ride in a basket down a long
rope like for Shuttle?


No. That would be stupid.


And yet that is exactly what they are doing. SpaceX will reuse the
shuttle system, just attached higher on the fixed service structure.
ULA will have its own version of the egress system which will consist of
individual harnesses sliding along the ziplines instead of the larger
multi-person basket(s) at pad 39A.

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/t.../04/03/atlasv-
rocket-boeing-starliner-astronauts-emergency-egress-system-commercial-
crew/99972784/


OK, I have to ask the obvious question. Why? If it's really an
emergency, how long does it take to unbutton the capsule and get
everyone out as opposed to just firing the escape system?


--
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to
live in the real world."
-- Mary Shafer, NASA Dryden