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A great technological feat of the shuttle program was putting a man on the moon. Many people still believe that this feat is impossible.
Yes the Shuttle Columbia, suffered a great tragedy in 2003 and the Shuttle Challenger was lost to an explosion after launch in 1988. Columbia was one of the first shuttles and made over 20 trips to space. She was a great ship. R.I.P Cosmonauts.
17,500 miles per hour puts the shuttle in orbit. BUT the gravity is still there. I'm fact there is about 90% of the gravity while the shuttle is on the ground. That great rate of speed is required to keep the shuttle from falling back to earth. At that speed the shuttle is basically falling around the planet.
The main difference is that a manned Mars mission is a great deal longer.
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A great technological feat of the shuttle program was putting a man on the moon. Many people still believe that this feat is impossible.
Yes the Shuttle Columbia, suffered a great tragedy in 2003 and the Shuttle Challenger was lost to an explosion after launch in 1988. Columbia was one of the first shuttles and made over 20 trips to space. She was a great ship. R.I.P Cosmonauts.
Harvard and Columbia are equally great schools, although some programs stand out more than others. Columbia has an excellent journalism program and Havard is a great business school. Overall, based on rankings, Harvard is the better school.
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Another name for the Columbia plateau is the Columbia basin
1936 a great Columbia bike reference at www.vintagecolumbiabikes.com
It is 45-50 miles from great falls, SC to Columbia, SC depending on your speed and where abouts
One of the largest model kits of the space shuttle that you can buy is the Space Shuttle Model Kit inspired by Nasa , it has 143 pieces and is a great product to build with .
Prior to the space shuttle the transportation vehicle was discarded. Space Shuttles are reusable once they are inspected and refitted, a great money saver.
17,500 miles per hour puts the shuttle in orbit. BUT the gravity is still there. I'm fact there is about 90% of the gravity while the shuttle is on the ground. That great rate of speed is required to keep the shuttle from falling back to earth. At that speed the shuttle is basically falling around the planet.