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by sandworm101 2226 days ago
Yes but without the mass of the capsule that 'slight' radial thrust isn't so slight And the CG is totally different. The worry is that an ejected tower might spin/spiral or even take a pinwheel motion rather than fly properly out of the way.
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Without the weight of the capsule the acceleration of the escape tower is also much higher. So with even a bit of radial acceleration it should get away from a possible collision course pretty quickly.
It "should". That's not good enough.