Though in thinking about it, that was post-abort, and due to a failure
to fully separate the second stage.
On 2018-04-17 18:05, Rand Simberg wrote:
Soviets, in (I think) 1984). Also an earlier abort at altitude, one of
whom suffered a career-ending injury.
On 2018-04-17 15:47, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
On 17/04/18 19:39, Henry Spencer wrote:
(Even a need for an escape option doesn't preclude a shroud, although it would require a custom design -- Soyuz launches under a shroud.) (The Soyuz escape system pulls the reentry capsule *plus* everything above it away from the launcher, and then the capsule separates from the everything-above-it assembly.)
Bit OT, but... has anyone ever been saved by a rocket-removes-capsule
escape option?
-- Peter Fairbrother