“The video of T-10-1 is stunning”
Soyuz T-10-1 escape tower pulling crew away from exploding rocket.
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The video of T-10-1 is stunning: this video That the people on that rocket escaped with "bruises" is amazing.
Soyuz Launch Escape Tower System
235K views · Mar 25, 2008 · 1:11 · 1 HN recommender · 4 mentions · discussed 2011–2018
Short footage of the 1983 Soyuz T-10-1 pad fire, in which the launch escape tower pulled the crew away seconds before the rocket exploded.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN cites it as the one dramatic real-world proof that a launch escape system works.
“here is a neat video of a launch escape system working as intended during Soyuz T-10-1”HN comment, 2012
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“here is a neat video of a launch escape system working as intended during Soyuz T-10-1”
Only real use of a launch escape system, Soyuz T-10-1.
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For those interested, here is a neat video of a launch escape system working as intended during Soyuz T-10-1: this video It is the only time a launch escape system has actually been used.
“There's a video of the Soyuz explosion mentioned above at that shows the escape system saving the crew.”
Soyuz explosion where the escape system saved the crew.
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A few random comments: There's a video of the Soyuz explosion mentioned above at this video that shows the escape system saving the crew. The use of solid rocket boosters for human space flight (as was planned for Ares I) is hugely controversial because they can't just be shut down in the event of a problem, as regular engines can, making survivability more difficult. Personally, I think NASA is overly risk-adverse, to the point that nothing gets accomplished (see Constellation / Ares I). An interesting article on this is link On the topic of aircraft turbine failures, there's the interesting case of a DC-10 engine that disintegrated in flight due to a pilot experiment, killing a passenger. For details see: link Finally, if you're interested in SpaceX, NASA budgeting, and so forth, I recommend link
“Video of Soyuz launch escape system used in a real emergency”
Real emergency use of the Soyuz escape system.
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Related video: Video of Soyuz launch escape system used in a real emergency: this video This is probably how SpaceX imagines astronauts would be saved in case of a fueling problem.