Testing Orion's Abort Motor - Close Up

NASA and its industry partners tested the Orion spacecraft abort motor on 11/20/08. The abort system will pull Orion and the astronauts off of the Ares rocket in the event of a mishap. The test took place in Promontory, Utah.

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[MrPacMan36]

who wants eggs and bacon for breakfast this morning!

[KitZunekaze]

This is a brilliant invention and idea. It could save lives.

[mullethippie96]

@KitZunekaze like 3 or 4 max

[ApolloWasReal]

@PocketAces18 Gemini didn't have an abort tower; it used ejection seats, one for each pilot. None of these escape systems was ever used in Mercury, Gemini or Apollo, though the Russians have have had to use theirs with Soyuz at least once.

[Infidelerious]

Yeah, I reckon that should just about do it.

[eatingjif]

that shit is fucking powerful

[arsenal553]

need one of those for my estes rockets

[werdnativ]

Actually, so have the Americans... this is basically the same system as on Apollo.

[shittyfuck]

how many hp ?

[Fritz641]

the soviets/russians have/had this too.... for the past 40 years

[PocketAces18]

Welp, you would think so but you would be wrong. Mercury, Gemini, Saturn, all these systems had abort towers. Shuttle was the first American space flight system not to utilize such a component. Getting back to the basics with this baby.