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Post by timjim24 on Jul 2, 2011 12:49:54 GMT -4
I was on Googleearth and looking at the Cape I noticed a few S like roads a few miles away from the launchpads. Does anybody know what these roads are and why they were built? Also i'm looking for any info on the escape tunnel under the pads. Are there any diagrams or blueprints available or video of actually sliding down to the rubber room?
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Post by LunarOrbit on Jul 2, 2011 15:10:00 GMT -4
You mean these? I'm not sure what they're for. Attachments:
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Post by Obviousman on Jul 2, 2011 19:39:27 GMT -4
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Post by Obviousman on Jul 2, 2011 19:43:39 GMT -4
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Post by Obviousman on Jul 2, 2011 19:44:37 GMT -4
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Post by Obviousman on Jul 2, 2011 20:05:07 GMT -4
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Post by Data Cable on Jul 3, 2011 0:16:50 GMT -4
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Post by Obviousman on Jul 3, 2011 1:15:36 GMT -4
Ah! Thank you!
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Post by ka9q on Jul 3, 2011 6:38:39 GMT -4
I always wondered about the practicality of that "rubber room". Could three astronauts really get out of their capsule, down the elevator and into that room before a Saturn V exploded on the pad? Unaided, wearing heavy suits?
Rocket problems have a way of developing quickly, unpredictably and disastrously. The launch escape rocket was about the only thing that could actually have made a difference.
I suppose that room would have been more meaningful to the pad closeout crew had an emergency developed with a fueled rocket. That's probably why there are more than just 3 seats.
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Post by scooter on Jul 3, 2011 17:16:51 GMT -4
I always thought that "safe room" was at the end of the slidewire basket lines. Those were around for Apollo, weren't they? Is there a room at the bottom of the slice wires, or just that APC?
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Post by Glom on Jul 3, 2011 18:15:54 GMT -4
It would probably be better just to depend on the LES to get them to safety in the event of the problem.
BTW, a diagram of the escape facilities labelled "exploded view" doesn't sound good.
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Post by randombloke on Jul 3, 2011 18:21:33 GMT -4
ka9q: Not elevator; large bore waterslide without the water.
But, yeah time is a factor. I figure the LES would have to be it for the astronauts because I really don't see them getting out of the capsule hatch and into the tube, much less all the way down the tower, in a timely manner.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Jul 3, 2011 22:04:11 GMT -4
It was most likely a comfort thing. I'd suggest that had there been a serious emergency that would mean getting the strapped in crew out of the way or they'd die, and doing it fast, they likely would have just actuvated the escape rocket and yanked the CM off high enough to deploy the chuttes and then hoped they'd come through it alright.
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Post by lukepemberton on Jul 3, 2011 22:59:35 GMT -4
I always wondered about the practicality of that "rubber room". Could three astronauts really get out of their capsule, down the elevator and into that room before a Saturn V exploded on the pad? Unaided, wearing heavy suits? Oh come off it, everyone knows that it was so that astronauts could slide down to an unseen location, and be hidden away until NASA were ready to drop them from the back of a transporter plane in the CM. I do find predicting the hoax theorists reponses a good exercise. It gives me a warm feeling inside that it is easy to throw bare assertions around like fireworks on 4th July. Happy 4th to my American friends.
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Post by banjomd on Jul 4, 2011 7:32:07 GMT -4
. . . BTW, a diagram of the escape facilities labelled "exploded view" doesn't sound good. ;D
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