To: RFEngineer
You should NEVER return a pound of anything placed in orbit unless you absolutely have to - it’s a waste of money and energy. If the shuttle did not do the roll maneuver after launch they would have put all those huge external tanks in orbit.
I will leave to the reader as an exercise what could have been done with over a hundred such tanks bolted together and provided with airlocks and such.
147 posted on
05/22/2012 7:42:22 AM PDT by
null and void
(Day 1218 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
To: null and void
If the shuttle did not do the roll maneuver after launch they would have put all those huge external tanks in orbit. I will leave to the reader as an exercise what could have been done with over a hundred such tanks bolted together and provided with airlocks and such. Wow, you just blew my mind. What a freaking waste!
154 posted on
05/22/2012 4:31:36 PM PDT by
Talisker
(He who commands, must obey.)
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