To make a cheap, reusable spacecraft. The cheap part failed.
they have a space shuttle for a reason
If for some reason right then and there a star imploded and made a black hole and the space shuttle met it's unlikely demise.
The first functional shuttle ever to be produced was the Columbia in the year 1981. This shuttle was designed and invented by NASA and not by any single person. Plans to invent the Space Shuttle began even before the Apollo Lunar Missions in the year 1969.The main concerns at that point were logistics; how much the shuttle would cost and how it was to be built. Hope this helps.
Yes, the space shuttle was designed for multiple trips into space. Each shuttle was designed to be reused for several missions, reducing the cost of space travel. The shuttle would go through thorough inspections and refurbishment between missions to ensure it was safe for each trip.
Space Shuttle Endeavour was the final Space Shuttle built. It was built to replace Space Shuttle Challenger.
The first space shuttle developed by NASA was the Space Shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space and was used for atmospheric flight tests. The first space shuttle to reach space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981.
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
The name of the space shuttle was Challenger.
The space shuttle went into space and studied outer space.
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
Second space shuttle in space was Challenger, but second space shuttle ever was Enterprise, what was made for testing in atmosphere.
Space Shuttle.