Timeline for What if the Shuttle went straight up?
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| Mar 18, 2019 at 6:55 | comment | added | uhoh | While my answer has some flashy plots, I think @Jacob Krall's answer best explains what would happen; it would not go into orbit, and it would not be able to glide to a landing. | |
| Mar 16, 2019 at 13:41 | comment | added | uhoh | @OrganicMarble oh that's a great plot! Nice (approximate) validation for such a simple model too, thanks! | |
| Mar 16, 2019 at 13:25 | comment | added | Organic Marble | Even in the real world the g's went <1 after SRB sep qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-51b11c252d34ae666f9007d59b387b50 You left out the thrust bucket though. | |
| Mar 16, 2019 at 6:49 | comment | added | uhoh |
@amI done, all instances of hov* removed. thanks again.
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| Mar 16, 2019 at 6:48 | history | edited | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 16, 2019 at 6:38 | comment | added | uhoh | @amI oh geez I'm off by a derivative! Thanks for catching that; I've made a change to the plot noting that $g-g_0$ drops below zero a little bit. | |
| Mar 16, 2019 at 6:37 | history | edited | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 16, 2019 at 6:27 | history | edited | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 16, 2019 at 6:22 | comment | added | amI | Although the accel goes to zip when the SRBs are freed, the vel is still quite positive, so I wouldn't call that a 'hover'. | |
| Mar 16, 2019 at 5:45 | history | edited | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 16, 2019 at 5:37 | history | answered | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |