{"id":22791,"date":"2021-05-12T21:08:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T13:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/preparations-underway-for-the-lc-39b-emergency-egress-system\/"},"modified":"2021-05-12T21:08:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T13:08:42","slug":"preparations-underway-for-the-lc-39b-emergency-egress-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/preparations-underway-for-the-lc-39b-emergency-egress-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparations underway for the LC-39B Emergency Egress System"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In cases where there is an emergency on the pad and the crew needs to get out of there in a hurry. Companies have designed Emergency Egress Systems (EES) to do just that job. SpaceX and ULA each have them, and in the past, NASA has as well. It looks like Artemis, NASA\u2019s mission to the moon, is in the early stages of having her\u2019s built.<\/p>\n

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This new system will consist of 4 baskets, each with its own wire down to a landing zone. The landing zone will be located near a concrete bunker and will be the staging point of an armored vehicle. Crews can either use the concrete bunker and wait for further assistance, or they can drive an armored vehicle away from the pad. <\/p>\n

The EES will not be required until Artemis II, the first crewed SLS flight. This means it is unlikely that work will begin on this system until Artemis I has launched. The basket\/wire system is a standard means of crew egress from a launchpad, used by SpaceX at LC-39A and by ULA at SLC-41, but other ideas have been tossed around. Some ideas got closer to reality than you might think.<\/p>\n

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The EES used by SpaceX is practically the same as what was used for the Space Shuttle and what will be used for SLS. It consists of a basket that is located on the crew level of an access tower. These baskets ride on a wire down to a landing zone. From there, the crew can either go into a bunker or ride an armored vehicle away from the pad. <\/p>\n

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