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February 27th 06, 05:01 AM
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Is this worth the risks?
On 26 Feb 2006 19:18:54 -0800, "hop" wrote:
Bob Haller wrote: Shuttle is ONLY manned vehicle EVER BUILT without launch boost escape  Incorrect. Yeah, he's forgetting Gemini, with the ejection seats which threatened that really bad, albiet brief, headache... Not to mention Vostok, also with ejection seats, and Voshkod, presumably equipped with prayer books for the crew  Dale Hopefully I hit the right NG on my second try 
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February 27th 06, 05:34 AM
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"Dale" wrote in message ... Not to mention Vostok, also with ejection seats, and Voshkod, presumably equipped with prayer books for the crew That last one is a *kind* of escape
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February 27th 06, 05:50 AM
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Dale wrote:
Not to mention Vostok, also with ejection seats, and Voshkod, presumably equipped with prayer books for the crew Voshkod was what I had in mind, since it had no escape system at all. Probably not even a prayer book, given the ideology of it's operators. Maybe a bottle of vodka ? On the subject of Vostok, anyone know if the ejection seat even intended to be usable as a launch escape system, or was it purely for landing ?
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February 27th 06, 12:23 PM
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"Dale" wrote in message ... On 26 Feb 2006 19:18:54 -0800, "hop" wrote: Bob Haller wrote: Shuttle is ONLY manned vehicle EVER BUILT without launch boost escape Incorrect. Yeah, he's forgetting Gemini, with the ejection seats which threatened that really bad, albiet brief, headache... Not to mention Vostok, also with ejection seats, and Voshkod, presumably equipped with prayer books for the crew Not in the Communist Soviet Union. Dale Hopefully I hit the right NG on my second try
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February 27th 06, 03:13 PM
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"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message
ink.net... "Dale" wrote in message ... On 26 Feb 2006 19:18:54 -0800, "hop" wrote: Bob Haller wrote: Shuttle is ONLY manned vehicle EVER BUILT without launch boost escape Incorrect. Yeah, he's forgetting Gemini, with the ejection seats which threatened that really bad, albiet brief, headache... Not to mention Vostok, also with ejection seats, and Voshkod, presumably equipped with prayer books for the crew Not in the Communist Soviet Union. Maybe Marx's 'Capital' instead.
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