[s-cars] Re: Shuttle Columbia

[Eric Fletcher S.O.C.]

On 2/1/03 12:50, "Twobro12 at aol.com" <Twobro12 at aol.com> wrote:

> there are ejection seats located on the shuttle, but can only be used in
> subsonic conditions.  at the time, they were traveling at about mach 4 and
> 120,000 feet above Texas.  Chance of survival is about minimal to none in
> these conditions.


The only ejection seats were on STS-001 thru 004 After the first four
flights the Ejection seats were removed.

There are Presently NO Ejection seats on any of the shuttles




Eric Fletcher
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