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Old 10-31-2014, 02:33 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city View Post
I know after Challenger astronauts trained on escaping from the shuttle.
I thought that was just during an aborted launch or a close to launch incident.

I don't think there was much of a plan for return to earth escapes after they had installed four command seats in the cockpit instead of two.

Plus ejecting from a shuttle traveling that fast and hot after re-entry would probably be pretty fatal.
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