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The Space Shuttle used to fly too low for its astronauts to be able to see the whole Earth at once. But they could certainly see that the Earth is round because they can see that the horizon is ... is slightly flattened at the poles.
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Answer provided by Derek Webber
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A minimum of two people is required to fly the Shuttle. One pilot may fly private spacecraft on short flights but I anticipate that longer space tours will require two crewmembers (pilots) for safety.
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Answer provided by Col. USAF (Ret.) William R. Pogue
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Space law is derived not from aviation law, but from maritime or admiralty law. On the high seas, the law that applies to us is the law that governs the nation where our ship is registered or flagged. If we are traveling or working on a ship on the high seas that is flagged ...
... Earth orbit, and sometimes the Shuttle would be advised to take evasive action to prevent a possible collision.
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Answer provided by Derek Webber
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... is one airlock on the Shuttle and two airlocks on the Space Station—one on the Russian side and one on the US side of the Station.
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Answer provided by Russell Romanella
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... (LRB) for the Space Shuttle is investigated as a replacement for the existing solid rocket boosters (SRB). It is shown that hydrogen peroxide/kerosene outperforms both solids, LOX/Kero, and LOX/LH2 as a general booster ... mass can be increased by a third from 24,950 kg to 33,140 kg for a 28.45°, 203.7 km circular orbit. Recovery of the boosters is performed at sea.
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The Space Shuttle is expensive to operate and probably beyond the means of private individuals or corporations. However, the NASA budget is less than one-half a percent of the federal budget, and well within the means of the ...
... by the Voyager spacecraft which were launched in 1977—28 years ago. Voyager 1 has now traveled over 8.6 billion miles and is the furthest man-made object from Earth. The longest manned space journey was carried out by the Apollo astronauts traveling to the Moon. Apollo 15 was the longest manned space journey, with a total trip time ...
... as the air pressure changes around them. The prebreathe protocol is designed to wash out any excess nitrogen from the body prior to a spacewalk. This protocol takes advantage of the fact that exercise increases the speed at which nitrogen is ...
... the wire. The angle of the slide wire causes the baskets to move the astronauts as far away from the Space Shuttle as possible. The braking system stops the baskets from hitting the ground too hard. Once launched, the spacecraft can make an emergency return to Earth, with the ...
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