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No spacecraft (except the ISS) has a post-launch escape vehicle. Lunar Starship isn't really in-scope for a launch escape system.


Mercury. Apollo.


If you're counting the capsule itself, Starship qualifies too.

If you're talking about the launch escape tower, that's for during launch. It's gone by the time you reach orbit, leaving you in the same scenario of Lunar Starship in the event of a failure; in space, but no way to get down.


Ah, got it. I was thinking “clear of the tower” is the same as post launch but of course, you are completely right.




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