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The NASA Space Shuttle is made up of four main parts: the orbiter, the external tank, and the two solid rocket boosters. As prepared for launch, the total assembly is 184.2 feet high, 76.6 feet from the belly of the external tank to the top of the orbiter vertical stabilizer, and 78.1 feet from orbiter wing tip-to-wing tip. (Ref.1) Measurements of the individual parts are: Orbiter ...
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... each, and the orbiter main engines are rated at 393,300 pounds each, giving a total thrust for the Shuttle of 7,781,400 pounds at lift off. (Ref. 1)
Ref 1.NASA, National Space Transportation System Reference, Volume 1 Systems and Facilities, June 1988.
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... in the visible spectrum. When we see a material that is black, it is absorbing most of the light hitting its surface so it appears black to our eyes. You might think of black in space as an area of space which ...
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... are not as hungry in space, and also most of us still exercise in space.
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The energy of the rockets you ride into space, and that same energy the spaceship gives up as you re-enter the atmosphere to return to Earth, have to make anyone anxious, maybe even scared.
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