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radicaldreamer on Aug 8, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: NASA says Boeing Starliner astronauts may fly home...

In case of a true emergency, would squeezing two people into one seat be that dangerous? (As in, is the safety envelope of the vehicle tied to weight in each seat?)

mlyle on Aug 9, 2024 | [–]

In an off-nominal re-entry, the people can be subjected to 9G's for a sustained time, and impulses much larger than this.

As a result you really want to be in a proper seat.

wil421 on Aug 8, 2024 | [–]

What about duct taped to the floor?

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