[finnman69]

Funny things happen behind a shock wave.

This is the Space Shuttle Columbia, not the Star Ship Enterprise. It does not have neeto gimmicks like deflector shields or inertial dampening fields to allow it to fly sideways at Mach 18.

[r9etb]

This is the Space Shuttle Columbia, not the Star Ship Enterprise. It does not have neeto gimmicks like deflector shields or inertial dampening fields to allow it to fly sideways at Mach 18.

You've never taken gas dynamics, have you?