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Egress Testing of the HL-20 Personnel Launch System
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Human factors egress testing of the HL-20 Personnel Launch System, a reusable flight vehicle for Space Station crew rotation, was conducted in both the vertical (launch) and horizontal (landing) positions using a full-scale model. Ingress and egress of 10-person crews were investigated with volunteers representing a range of heights. For both the vertical and horizontal positions, interior structural keels had little impact on egress times which were generally less than 30 seconds. Wearing Shuttle partial pressure suits required somewhat more egress time than when ordinary flight suits were worn due to the larger helmet of the Shuttle suit.
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Willshire, K. and Simonsen, L., "Egress Testing of the HL-20 Personnel Launch System," SAE Technical Paper 932039, 1993, https://doi.org/10.4271/932039.Also In
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