The Space Race was about Power Projection - Miles O'Brien
Jeff Findley wrote:
Agreed that the system was flawed in that it lacked a crew escape
capability on a vehicle that was large, complex, and prone to failure.
As for an escape capsule being a viable add-on to the shuttle, I call
bull****.
And the primary reason that it lacked a crew escape module is because
it was impossible to safely and rapidly terminate thrust to the solids
to allow such a system to work.
Which brings us back to flying human beings on solid boosters is a
special kind of stupid.
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"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn
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