The AP/Yahoo blurb below failed to note the
lack of an escape pod on the shuttle itself.
Once in the air, they are pretty much S.O.L.
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Space shuttle Atlantis Commander Jeffrey Ashby poses for a
photo in the M-113 armored personnel carrier at the Kennedy
Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Monday Sept. 16, 2002.
The carrier would be used by astronauts if they had to make
an emergency exit from the shuttle while its on the pad.
The crew is at KSC rehearsing for their scheduled Oct. 2 launch.
(AP Photo/NASA, Kim Shiflett) Sep 17 10:27 AM ET