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Title: Gemini 6 Abort Q/A
Post by: ZachS09 on 03/25/2013 01:32 pm

I know the fact that Gemini 6 had a shutdown before liftoff occurred. Why would they stop the clock when it reached zero? Should they have committed liftoff right at T0 and then let Schirra and Stafford eject? I think the problem that caused the shutdown came up a second after ignition of the two first stage engines.

Title: Re: Gemini 6 Abort Q/A
Post by: Jim on 03/25/2013 02:01 pm

Quote from: longdrivechampion102 on 03/25/2013 01:32 pm

I know the fact that Gemini 6 had a shutdown before liftoff occurred. Why would they stop the clock when it reached zero? Should they have committed liftoff right at T0 and then let Schirra and Stafford eject? I think the problem that caused the shutdown came up a second after ignition of the two first stage engines.

The sequencing is all automated.  There is no human intervention.  The logic setup is what drove the outcome. 

Title: Re: Gemini 6 Abort Q/A
Post by: Proponent on 03/25/2013 02:17 pm

Quote from: longdrivechampion102 on 03/25/2013 01:32 pm

Should they have committed liftoff right at T0 and then let Schirra and Stafford eject?

The decision to eject or not was up to Schirra; he, not the computer or launch control, chose not to.