NerdyLumberjack04
NerdyLumberjack04 t1_j1rce0y wrote
According to Stack Exchange, such systems have been proposed for nuclear reactors, because it would be a Very Bad Thing to leave it on a rocket on the verge of exploding.
Otherwise, the money and engineering effort it takes to build a launch escape system is simply better spent on making the original launch successful. Or just building a replacement satellite.
NerdyLumberjack04 t1_j62mcqg wrote
Reply to comment by zero_clues in NASA's Annual Day of Remembrance today, Jan. 26, honors the astronauts who died during the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. by clayt6
It's weird that the three anniversaries are so close to each other. I wonder if future generations will see late January as an "unlucky" time to board a spacecraft.