Timeline for What if the Shuttle went straight up?
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| May 24, 2023 at 3:35 | comment | added | Mark | I don't think the shuttle would burn. A violent, crushing reentry produces less of a thermal load than a gradual reentry does -- nearly all of the orbital energy goes into the air, not the spacecraft. | |
| Mar 18, 2019 at 5:20 | comment | added | uhoh |
I'm glad you looked into this! +1 Yes, there's no available way to turn 4.5 km/s down into 4.5 km/s sideways. This should be the accepted answer.
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| Mar 18, 2019 at 4:12 | history | edited | Jacob Krall | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 18, 2019 at 3:34 | history | edited | Jacob Krall | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 18, 2019 at 3:29 | history | answered | Jacob Krall | CC BY-SA 4.0 |