On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:35:15 -0700, "Bob (not my real pseudonym)"
<invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>On Sun, 08 Jul 2018 05:56:01 -0700, Stormin' Norman
><norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium> wrote:
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>>On Sun, 08 Jul 2018 01:11:25 -0700, "Bob (not my real pseudonym)"
>><invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
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>>>On 7 Jul 2018 12:19:45 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article <knr1kdh3acprolne1elj8es65h68rhg13u@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>At Naval Air Facility El Centro in Southern California, SpaceX
>>>>>safe landing in the unlikely event of a low altitude abort.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Looks like a yellow chute at first...then two reds...then four large red/whites.
>>>>
>>>>...what happened to the good ole days when ya yelled 'geronimo' while pulling
>>>>the 'D' ring?
>>>
>>>Hope that unlikely low altitude abort is high enough to let that
>>>whiole sequence - er, unfold...
>>
>>The Dragon has integral abort / landing rockets (as opposed to the
>>escape tower for Mercury, Gemini and Apollo) which lofts the capsule
>>to the altitude required for proper parachute deployment.
>>
>>See:
>>https://www.space.com/29329-spacex-tests-dragon-launch-abort-system.html
>>
>>and
>>
>>https://gizmodo.com/the-emergency-escape-rockets-for-the-crew-dragon-are-su-1693625625
>
>"You already knew that," my brain helpfully tells me. Now... =^}
BUt, it gave you a chance to read the details and see the interesting
pictures on Gizmodo, me too, so I call it a win.
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