re: Launch Escape Tower
Escape rockets! What a concept! Wow, that's a few billion in research right there. Geez...
That's what saved Titov and Strekalov in 1983.
The irony is that it's Max Faget who is behind the concept and 2 cosmonauts owe him their life, while the Shuttle couldn't have such a launch escape tower.
Most of the accidents occure at launch or on landing.
The launch escape rocket is vital for manned rockets launched from the ground. Why then say Geez...
Raoul