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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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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It was only for the first 100 seconds of flight, and even then it was only in certain circumstances.