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Forum: Tech Log

14th Jan 2016, 16:12

Replies: 106

Shuttle fuel burn

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Posted By Uplinker

Wow. So does that mean that the Shuttle and...

Wow.

So does that mean that the Shuttle and its fuel tank could have used the Saturn V first stage instead of the boosters?

I presume the boosters were much easier and vastly cheaper to...

Forum: Tech Log

13th Jan 2016, 08:07

Replies: 106

Shuttle fuel burn

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Posted By Uplinker

The whole American space program was mind...

The whole American space program was mind blowing. I have visited KSC twice, and I spent ages just looking at the Saturn V and all the engines in awe.

Another awesome fact is that the Shuttle's...

Forum: Tech Log

12th Jan 2016, 09:59

Replies: 106

Shuttle fuel burn

Views: 24,421

Posted By Uplinker

And the engines needed to be throttled down soon...

And the engines needed to be throttled down soon after launch to avoid exceeding max Q or max structural dynamic pressure loads on the STS.

To do this, they took the shuttle main engines down to...

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