New answers tagged space-shuttle
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Space Shuttle development book recommendation
The subject is the Space Shuttle and you ask for a reference about
how it unfolded chronologically,
how the decision was made to develop it
what were the constraints and limitations,
what were the ...
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Hypothetical Shuttle tank sep with SRBs firing
...would you rather do a tank sep or blow off both SRBs mid burn?
tl;dr You could not have done either so there is no choice to be made.
The physical reasons why separation of thrusting Solid Rocket ...
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Hypothetical Shuttle tank sep with SRBs firing
My understanding is that there was no abort possible during the SRB phase, so no RTLS, no ocean water landing, nothing.
Correct.
would you rather do a tank sep or blow off both SRBs mid burn?
The ...
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Are there any original heat shield tiles on any of the retired space shuttles that flew to space?
Yes, a whole lot of them. According to Valerie Neal (emphasis added by me):
One of the USA [United Space Alliance] engineers did a rough count and
estimated that about 18,000 original tiles are still ...
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Do space stations have anything that big spacecraft (such as the Space Shuttle and SpaceX Starship) don't have?
Space stations and Space Shuttles are purpose built
Yes, there are size concerns that others have pointed out, but the bigger concern at the end of the day is that re-entry vehicles are designed from ...
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Do space stations have anything that big spacecraft (such as the Space Shuttle and SpaceX Starship) don't have?
Other advantages of a permanent space station:
The ability to have long-running experiments that require continual micro-gravity and also need human interaction.
Experiments which measure human long-...
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Did the Space Shuttle weigh itself before deorbit?
Not only re-entry mass, but center of gravity (CG) locations, touchdown weight, etc.
Mass properties were calculated on the ground and uplinked. The responsible flight control position was FDO "...
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