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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2008, 10:53:09 PM »
Sorry for going off topic, last word on sail-planes/gliders from me.

The only 'thermals' that the shuttle can us would destroy a glass-ship, mind you to get to those heights be a very large wave lift :D The Eta is a weird glider, those wings look like they'll snap at any moment :D Personally, I prefer either the ASG29 or the Antares 18/20e. I created this for another sim ;)
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2008, 04:30:04 AM »
Quote from: USA~Driver on August 02, 2008, 09:34:27 PM
Quote from: Hyphon on August 02, 2008, 04:41:00 PM
When I was (Real young) kid, I thought the external tank will deflate in space and carried back in the cargo bay...
(But no bad idea I think. That could really conserve some materials for building a new one every time the shuttle starts)
Remember, The Shuttle rides on that....  :o
 

Sorry for Off-Topic!  :-X

Not really... It just a big tank with pumps and isolation... After the fuel is out, it's just littering the orbit or falls back into atmosphere.

The trick will be to make it stable enough to resist the force's through start while SRB's (attached to the shuttle and external tank) and Space Shuttle main engine's are running.
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2008, 12:22:06 AM »
I very recently thought the shuttle would go almost into orbit, do the mission in 1 orbit, then reenter and land again
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2008, 02:39:40 AM »
Another misconception I had just remembered is that I never realized the "shuttle" was for low atmosphere missions.  I use to think it could go to the moon.
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2008, 04:15:00 PM »
just discovered a new misconception I had..
always thought the Challenger blew up.. I just found out I was wrong...
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2008, 11:17:54 PM »
yes, mostly aerodynamic forces cause the breakup of the shuttle. An over simplified version: the right SRB separated at the faulty O-ring, which caused the ET to have massive structure failure, which placed the shuttle in a serious angle into the air stream, which could not cope with the forces...
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2008, 06:13:55 AM »
Almost everyone I know thinks the shuttle can land on the moon, But I tell them that the shuttle is an Shuttle vehicle and not a moon lander! 8)
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #22 on: November 11, 2008, 02:11:13 PM »
Quote from: JLM on November 11, 2008, 06:13:55 AM
Almost everyone I know thinks the shuttle can land on the moon, But I tell them that the shuttle is an Shuttle vehicle and not a moon lander! 8)

Then show them SSM2007  8)

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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2008, 07:24:18 AM »
don't I d did ;)
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #24 on: November 15, 2008, 10:05:42 AM »
Before I went to KSC and went inside, I think was Discovery Space Shuttle, I always thought that the cargo bay was all for the astronauts to live in  :D
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #25 on: November 16, 2008, 01:04:05 PM »
I always assumed that the re-entry took only a few minutes....until I did my first full re-entry on STS-1.  :D
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #26 on: November 16, 2008, 02:07:41 PM »
WOW, I wonder what was wrong with me, my previous post was odd lol.

Well ill rephrase it, before I ever went to KSC and inside the Discovery Space shuttle, I always used to think that the cargo bay was where the astronauts lived, did experiments or whatever where they dont need there space suits.
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #27 on: March 01, 2011, 11:28:10 AM »
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #28 on: April 20, 2011, 11:42:13 PM »
I too thought Challenger exploded.  Saw on "When we Left Earth" when that ran on Discovery channel that the crew actually survived the break up of the shuttle.  That was some very sad news to hear indeed.

And I also thought that during re-entry that the Shuttle was engulfed in that plasma glow for a lot longer than I have experienced in SSMS.
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Re: Your biggest misconception about the shuttle
« Reply #29 on: July 21, 2011, 01:01:18 AM »
When I saw my first launch I thought the Main Engines are not working. 8)
I know it better today.
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