On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 02:11:27 +0000, Ian Woollard
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>Rockets lose mass very quickly early on. If you're supersonic, you're
>better off ditching your fuel and riding down. If you're subsonic you
>stop the engine and eject. If you're at very low altitude, one of those
>emergency towerey thingeys like they used on Apollo may save you.
Only the first option is an abort option. The other two are crew
survival options, and they don't do the people on the ground, or the
people who financed the vehicle, any good at all.
>Otherwise, oxidiser and fuel are getting married and you're the best man.
Good line. :-)
>Think of a number you can afford; multiply by your mass fraction...
>that's the answer.
<snort> That would be business as usual. You've seen the bumper
sticker, "Question Authority?" Ours is, "Question Business As Usual."
The accompanying button says, "We've always done it that way," and has
an international No circle over the quote.
-R
--
"You haven't been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3."
-- Paul Crickmore
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