NASA develops "escape system" to compete with Kingda Kah

Looking like it would appear more at home at the nearby Disney attractions in Orlando, NASA is favouring a Rollercoaster Escape System for the Ares I pad.

The Emergency Egress Systems (EES) are currently going through trade studies at NASA, with the Rollercoaster option coming out on top - literally - in a September 27 presentation acquired by this site.

Currently, Shuttle launch pad complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida will be handed over to Constellation on April 1, 2007. The pad will undergo stages of major modification, firstly for the test flight of Ares I-1 - and subsequent test flights, and again for the first manned launch using Ares I.