Mission:Escape

[Ed]

Wow... I hope they don't employ any Tatsu ops to check the restraints.

[Zen Coaster]

Let's face it, it will be crap without Gary Sinise anyway.

[thomas2]

Okay so te cars are all stacked up at the top of the tower. But how are they released? If it's a press-a-button system then where will the buttom be? The only logical explanatian would have to be in the car.

 

Strange, very strange

 

Cool...

 

But strange!

[BDG]

I don't think it's a mission impossible to get a few rides on this thing, once it's built.

[IwantRevenge]

Okay so te cars are all stacked up at the top of the tower. But how are they released? If it's a press-a-button system then where will the buttom be? The only logical explanatian would have to be in the car.

 

Strange, very strange

 

Cool...

 

But strange!

 

Well there will be one person who sacrafices himself and presses the button. he wil lthen either grab onto the back of the last car and ride it togo style or jump off.

[thrillrideseeker]

My only question is..how do the cars get back to the top?

~Matthew

[SharkTums]

I'm guessing that's not the most important thing in their minds since if they use it that means there was some catastrophic accident.

 

For testing I'm sure they just winch it back with a cable.

[FlyingScooter]

My only question is..how do the cars get back to the top?

~Matthew

 

 

They'd probably use a few spare rockets and just blast it back up there. A winch is a good idea, though, but they'd dismiss it as far too easy to do.

[BeemerBoy]

My only question is..how do the cars get back to the top?

That'll be Lisa Nowak's new job.

[FlyingScooter]

^LMAO!

 

 

So that's what the New steel mallet and rubber hose were for?

[Imhotep]

Well since they said her job was safe, Im sure Bill Oefelein will be first in line to test it.

 

Nothing like a batshiat crazy astronaut to resurrect a thread!

[jedimaster1227]

I wish they would open something like this to the public. They could probably prepare the astronauts for weightlessness just by letting them ride on that first drop...

[ahecht]

Well, none of us will probably ever get to ride it, but NASA has proposed building a 350 foot tall rollercoaster as the launch tower escape system for Ares, the replacement for the space shuttle. It has a vertical 350 foot drop and a max speed of 100mph before it hits the breaks, and a total ride time of 88 seconds. Too bad it looks like they're using Vekoma/Arrow style track -- Intamin box track would look much cooler.

 

Kinda redefines "rocket coaster", eh?

 

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviationspace/e78830b92f5e0110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

[Wes]

^ We already had a topic going for this, so I merged your post with the older topic because those are some good pics.

[ECZenith]

Wow, for once I gotta say I hope I never have to see this thing running because a horrible catastrophe would most likely follow...

[DATman]

I'd love to see them contract Vekoma for this.

[bgwfreak]

If the tax payers are going to have to foot the bill for this thing, they should let us at least ride it when they aren't lauching any rockets.

[chmilo24]

I read somewhere that they might build a waterslide one in case of fires.

[RollerC]

Whats with the pod over the car? Also, wouldnt it take longer to get in, and pull down the restraints than to clip youself to a wire and skim down? I mean what if one of the astronauts decides to pull it so that he gets some floater down the drop and flys out?

[Loco]

So say something blows up. This means some of the coaster track will be destroyed...no?

[FlyingScooter]

I read somewhere that they might build a waterslide one in case of fires.

 

I would doubt that they would do that. The risk of a flash-boil would be too great.

 

The way the astronauts are strapped in, i don't they could get out fast enough to reach the escape coaster.

[FLIPDUDE]

^^Yeah, but the whole point is that the explosion will happen AFTER the astronauts are well on their way out. otherwise there's little point for an escape veichle anyway, no?

 

^I think he was joking.

[TheRapidsNerd]

I just posted an RCT3 mock-up of this system on my YouTube channel. Interesting idea, but other than the drop, admittedly a bland ride. But then, the idea is saving lives, not entertainment. Yeah, I was curious too about this thing.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEvoWhDUObQ

[downunder]

I believe Elissa has returned to Florida and entered the Astronaut program, she's not going to let a credit go without a fight. Myself, I'm going disguise myself as one of those plastic dummies they use when they test these things.

 

I'm surprised they don't have a bit of a launch to get it going down even faster. I guess we will see it in action because they will have to test it now and then, especially before launches.

[Gmaster562]

Lets just hope they don't take any crews from SFMM to operate this ride.