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My name is Jose Ortiz, and I work at Langley in the Launch Abort Systems Office. I’m the Lead Systems Engineer.

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We have a very important function, which is to protect the crew.

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This is the Launch Abort System.

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To get the crew beyond the pull of the earth in the direction to the moon or Mars, we need a very, very, powerful rocket.

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If something goes wrong with that rocket then we need to get that crew out of harm’s way.

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So the Launch Abort System will abort the mission and take the crew to safety.