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@Zackarydoo The main engines give about a third of thrust required for liftoff.
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You can see the "twang"!!!
6 months ago 3
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Zackarydoo, I assure you that the Shuttle did not start moving upward before engine cutoff. The stack remained bolted to the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) at the base of each Solid Rocket Booster (SRB). The only way that the stack can leave the pad is with SRB ignition, which didn't happen.
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@McChuugy I'm sure they waited till the white room crew returned. They can get themselves out into the white room in an emergency, but it would be considered dangerous to do without the white room safety features properly set up (notice the gap between the shuttle and room without the door/seal in place). They'd only escape to the white room themselves in a life threatening emergency.
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@johnschaser I doubt it was 'the best 7 seconds' for the astronauts (besides the fact liftoff itself has to be more intense). These guys spend a week away from families to prepare for launch, and are stuck in the shuttle a couple of hours waiting to go. I'm sure any rush experienced turned to automatic disappointment when the launch was aborted, their mission postponed, and the realization set in they'd have to do all that prep over again a couple of months later.
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Bet they poohed their pants. The shuttle even started moving upwards before it cut-off.
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@jordan8705 - Oh man that must have been a heart-breaker! That was always my biggest fear about making the long trip down there... You must have been so bummed out :(
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did they exit the orbiter after the white room came over or did they stay in until the white room crew came to get them?
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As Gomer Pyle used to say, "Well, surprise, surprise!!"
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7 seconds of Burn, and 3 months of stripdown, and refurb. everyone in the VAB and OPF had to have been going >.<
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I love the way he just kinda hangs at "3-2-1-and.... "
childsca 1 year ago 17
Yep. If the boosters had ignited they'd be goin' for a ride either way.
Neptuneaus 2 years ago 15