why gemini spacecraf haven't escape tower?

[shangding]

but mercury spacecraft have

 

[tblaxland]

They had ejection seats instead.

 

[shangding]

They had ejection seats instead.
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thanks very much.

the answer is so simple!:lol:

 

[Turbinator]

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Could you imagine if the chute deployed to early and being pulled by the chute with the rocket. :rofl:

Darren

 

[Zachstar]

Could you imagine if the chute deployed to early and being pulled by the chute with the rocket. :rofl:

Darren

Considering that would mean the death of an astronaut I am not laughing at that sick comment.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Could you imagine if the chute deployed to early and being pulled by the chute with the rocket. :rofl:

Darren

Very unlikely, although many other disaster scenarios were probable with use of such emergency escape system. An escape tower is more adequate for a capsule sitting on top of a rocket.

 

[clickypens]

I thought I had read somewhere that Gemini used the retro engines as a LES. Is that even possible? I also thought that ejection seats were pretty much useless in a spacecraft because of airflow and Gs (or something like that, the Shuttle had ejection seats for the first few flights but they were taken out because they weren't worth the weight).

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Considering that would mean the death of an astronaut I am not laughing at that sick comment.

Well surely you laugh when a UMMU accidentally de-orbits?

Or I'm just sick. I'm probably just sick.

Darren

 

[Zachstar]

Well surely you laugh when a UMMU accidentally de-orbits?

Or I'm just sick. I'm probably just sick.

Darren

No I don't laugh when a UMMU deorbits. About the only time I have deliberately deorbited an astronaut was some kind of skydiving from a space elevator and the astronaut had a heatshield and parachute.

Anything otherwise is just sick.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

No I don't laugh when a UMMU deorbits. About the only time I have deliberately deorbited an astronaut was some kind of skydiving from a space elevator and the astronaut had a heatshield and parachute.

Anything otherwise is just sick.

Well I'm sure you're in the minority there I'm sure most of the people here laugh their head off haven't you seen the ways to kill a ummu thread? Ever noticed the [Humor] tag at the front?

Darren

 

[N_Molson]

Of course it depends... The ejection seat has to provide a longer burn than the ones you find in combat aircrafts, to bring astronauts far enough to be safe from any harm. But yes, an escape tower is better, especially for aborts on the pad !