"Yeah buddy, I dunno where to start. You're gonna need a new alternator, flush the carbies, and those tires? Phew I'm surprised you even rolled in on those things. Gonna be a week, week and a half at least. Probably run you upwards of 3 grand. Before tax."
That's the Launch Escape System (LES). It's a rocket motor that can activate to separate the crew capsule from the rest of the rocket in the event of a bad launch.
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Agent641@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 82d
"Yeah buddy, I dunno where to start. You're gonna need a new alternator, flush the carbies, and those tires? Phew I'm surprised you even rolled in on those things. Gonna be a week, week and a half at least. Probably run you upwards of 3 grand. Before tax."
BigBrownBeaver@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 82d
And winter blinker fluid too
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 82d
Seems to be working near the rocket.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 82d
What's the really long spindly thing on top of the crew capsule for?
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 82d
That's the Launch Escape System (LES). It's a rocket motor that can activate to separate the crew capsule from the rest of the rocket in the event of a bad launch.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 82d
Ahh, gotcha. I assume it separates before the final stage booster ignites?
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 82d
I believe (though I'm not an expert on the system) that it separates during the second stage when it's no longer needed.
CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 82d
Yes, it gets jettisoned after the separation of the first stage and ignition of the second stage.
Primor@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 82d
Where's the red circle when you need it?
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 82d
That tower is borg technology.
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 82d
That's my uncle
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 2 pts · 82d
That seems like a long ways up to ride on a roller-coaster, but okay.