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  Could ejection seats have saved the astronauts? - By Brendan I. Koerner - Slate Magazine
In addition, the Columbia disintegrated at an altitude of 200,000 feet; 100,000 feet is generally considered to be the ceiling for a midair ejection to be survivable.
NASA revisited the prospect of adding escape pods or revamped ejection seats to the shuttle in 2001, when the agency's Safety Advisory Panel put together a report on the options.
It concluded that "none of the options for crew escape can be funded within the current constraints on the space shuttle budget." The panel estimated that retrofitting the fleet with escape pods, which could survive drops of less than 200,000 feet, may have required 18 months and nearly $1 billion.
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 Escape pod - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
Escape pods are used only in the event a ship is damaged and pending destruction.
Escape pods from the SS Odin drifted for months before landing on the inhabited planet Angel I in 2357.
Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Sisko used an escape pod during the Battle of Wolf 359 to escape from the doomed USS Saratoga.
www.memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Escape_pod   (497 words)

  
 Escape pod - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Explosive separator charges ejected such pods away from the ship, and the escape pod's distress beacon was automatically activated upon launch, although the astromech droid R2-D2 deactivated the distress beacon on his escape pod just before touchdown on Tatooine in order to throw off Imperial pursuit.
Many escape pods were equipped with limited hyperspace capability to facilitate travel to a planet on which to land.
Escape pods had simple drive systems with just enough fuel to orient the pod toward the nearest habitable planet and assist in emergency braking during landing.
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 Star Wars: Databank | escape pod
Escape pods are small emergency craft designed to detach from a larger vessel or launch from a planetary surface as a means of escape from a catastrophic event.
This allows the pod to be ejected in the event of complete power loss in the mother ship.
Some planets maintain a network of escape pods to flee from surface danger into the upper atmosphere.
www.starwars.com /databank/starship/escapepod   (188 words)

  
 Jedi Counseling 94
There are also larger escape pods, called "lifeboats," that carry more passengers and are capable of more than a simple automated thrust toward the nearest planet.
Second, regarding the number of escape pods carried: Tramp Freighters and the starwars.com Databank both indicate that spacer law requires all starships to carry enough escape pods for all non-droid passengers and crew.
For every 10% reduction in the number of escape pods carried, reduce the construction point cost of the life support system by 1 (to a minimum of zero).
www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20060810jc94   (2586 words)

  
 Escape Pods - Ambrosia Software Web Board
In any case, if a ship were attacking me with the intention of killing everyone then it would target any fleeing escape pod and blow that up too.
The Vell-os one, on the other hand, was a bit more perilous since I didn't have access to escape pods most of the time and when I did I'd loose most of my powers anyways.
I made a preliminary version of an escape ship plugin (thanks to a few members on this forum) to patch up the difference.
www.ambrosiasw.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=108683&hl=   (1322 words)

  
 Escape Rescue - News & Events
Initiated in September 2002 by a group of highly experienced entrepreneurs, Escape Rescue Systems Ltd. ("Escape") has developed an innovative system which revolutionizes the field of high-rise building evacuation.
, Escape is a leader in the process of recognition and standardization of external evacuation from high-rise buildings.
Indeed, Escape's CEO, Dr. Jonathan Shimshoni serves as chairman of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Subcommittee on High-Rise Building External Evacuation Devices.
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 Mar 28 Golden Escape Pods Edgar J. Steele 321gold
Mar 28 Golden Escape Pods Edgar J. Steele 321gold
While the accurate answer simply is whatever someone will pay for it, there are historical measures which indicate that it is seriously undervalued.
An emergency "escape pod" from the trap that the American economic system is becoming is a necessity today.
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 Escape Pods - Ambrosia Software Web Board
Jeremiah Escape Pods Nov 30 2006, 10:37 AM
Jeremiah Obviously no one will be using an escape pod in no...
MastaE I think that the escape pods are just a waste of s...
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 Time Escape - Chicago's Only 3D Thrill Ride
AI just barely escapes and continues the tour, going next to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
, passengers quickly make their way down the escape corridor of the obviously damaged Time Transport and board one of the five escape pods (which are 3D motion simulators).
The escape pods encounter eye-popping images of fantastical buildings, flying traffic and even a
www.timeescape.com /about.htm   (327 words)

  
 » Skyscaper Escape Pods Turned Down, For Now » Blog Archive   Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - ...
The escape pods I usually think of are, of course, futuristic ones like in Star Trek (say the ones on Voyager that they used and then seemingly had re-appear the next episode.
After watching a documentary on 9/11, Jonathan Shimshoni and a team inventors in Israel developed a system that could be lowered like lifeboats over the side of a skyscraper.
I love the calm, peaceful way that the people are getting into the escape pods!
www.realtechnews.com /posts/2740   (395 words)

  
 Print Page - Evacuation and emergency escape pods
Would be cool, but i dont think it will happen until you have several othe rplanets to escape to.
I would like this but would like to be able to retrieve all past historical data, dna, techs.
If I can escape I should be able to retrieve this data.
www.gamingsteve.com /blab/index.php?action=printpage;topic=3704.0   (2619 words)

  
 Digg - New York pans skyscraper escape pods
Digg - New York pans skyscraper escape pods
The idea emerged after Jonathan "Yoni" Shimshoni and a team of aspiring inventors in Israel watched a television documentary about victims trapped on the upper floors of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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digg.com /tech_news/New_York_pans_skyscraper_escape_pods   (190 words)

  
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Home :: Library :: Ships :: Star Trek: Enterprise :: Escape pods (Mirror)
In the Mirror Universe, the I.S.S. Enterprise was forced to launch all escape pods as the Tholian's web threatened to destroy the ship.
During the attack, some pods were fired upon and destroyed by Tholian vessels.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/library/ships/ENT/article/14973.html   (83 words)

  
 Salt Lake Tribune - NYC shoots down skyscraper escape pods
Salt Lake Tribune - NYC shoots down skyscraper escape pods
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 Fleurville Diaper Bags, Escape Pods, Accessories and Lunchpaks
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Fleurville Pink Multi Stripe Escape Pod Diaper Bag
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