Devices that bring people safely out of an aircraft or spacecraft in trouble and slow their fall, including the parachute that slows descent through the air with drag, the ejection seat that rescues the pilot of a stricken aircraft and the launch escape system that pulls a space capsule away from a failing rocket. An invention belongs here when the cited article describes it as a system for rescuing a crew or slowing a person or object in descent.
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Ejection Seat (Wikipedia)
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an ejection seat or ejector seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft
Launch escape system (Wikipedia)
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is a crew-safety system connected to a space capsule
Parachute (Wikipedia)
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A parachute is a device designed to slow an object's descent through an atmosphere
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