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Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttles are reusable spacecraft with wings for controlled descent into the atmosphere. They are designed to transport astronauts between earth and an orbiting space station and to deploy and retrieve satellites. Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour are the three Space Shuttles in operation today.
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Is the space shuttle program a total waste of taxpayer's money?
This question is asking for an opinion. Please feel free to add your own, but do not blank any previous answers.
NO: * There have been many advances in technology, which have benefitted society in several ways, thanks to discoveries made under the shuttle program. * The quest for knowledge is a necessary part of human consciousness - it is an integral part of human nature, striving to answer life's questions that have plagued civilasations for millenia. The space shuttle program is a fantastic way of achieving answers to some of the biggest questions in science. YES: * Many people feel that the money should be spent on more pressing issues, such as of course, health and poverty. Some may argue that we are able to fly to the Moon, but can't avert crises on our front door. * The space shuttle program has wasted vast sums of public money. The shuttle fleet is ailing (recall the Challenger tragedy), and we haven't landed on the Moon for forty years, and beaurocracy has left NASA's space program with a lack of integrity.
Is aluminum good for space shuttles?
Aluminium is used in the airframe of the space shuttle due to its light weight and high strenght. The problems with aluminum is that it is susceptible to fatigue and it requires shielding from heat for high temp applications
Have Americans and soviets ever coperated on space missions?
Yes they have. The Americans and Soviets used to be competitors in space travel during the Cold War, but once the Cold War ended so did the Space Race. Americans and Soviet have flown into space together and completed many missions together. Currently, the US will rely on Russia for transporting American astronauts into space as NASA shut this program down due to financial cut backs.
Why are rockets for deep space travel so huge?
they have to pass some forces in the earths atmosphere
They have to overcome the force of gravity, lifting the rocket and all of the fuel to an escape orbit.
Which elements did mendeleev leave spaces for in his periodic table?
Gallium, Silicon and Aluminum
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What is the name of the space program that invoved the moon landing?
Its formal name was Project Apollo, but it is usually called the Apollo Program.
Yes, she is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.!!!
How are soild fuel and liquid fuel rockets different?
the answer is in the physics of a rocket engine. in a (as in the shuttle) convergant divergant nozzle rocket. the fuel is mixed and burned on one side of a throat, inside of a chamber that can be thaught of as two bells touching at the top. the burning creates pressure and the pressure is exhausted through the other bell housing (the one you see on the bottom of the shuttle). the exhausting gas is super-sonic (and in some cases hyper-sonic). this happens when the high pressure gas travels through the throat and is compressed while flowing through it (this is part of rockets called compressible flow) and exactly (or near enough to exactly as anyone really cares) at the throat, the flow reaches mach 1. after that point, the flow is ejected from the other bell housing and it's rapid speed is what is used to make the space ship fly. the speed is needed, because the faster you make an object move, the more energy it has (and the more useable energy). if the burned gas was exiting the rocket at 2 mph, it would certainly have energy, but we couldn't use it (low quality of energy). this imense speed allows for easy access to the gas's energy as it moves away from the ship (because if you push on an object, you move away from the object, and it moves away from you; every action has an equal an oposite reaction). the rocket essentially pushes on the gas, exiting the ship, to propel itself in the oposite direction.
Because its the type of fuel that a rocket would need because in rockets you need fast fuel right? And hydrogen is that fast fuel!
An aircraft traveling at super sonic speeds will crease pressure waves or shocks that send off huge explosions.
Was Senator Jake garn first in space?
Senator Jake Garn was the first sitting member of the US congress to go into space.
Name the 2 shuttles in Armageddon?
The two shuttles in the movie Armageddon (1998) are called the Freedom and the Independence.
How do a rocket produce thrust to launch a spaceship into orbit?
Rockets work by burning a fuel source. There are liquid engines and solid engines.
Solid rocket engines work just like fireworks. The engine is ignited and the solid fuel inside them burn until they burn out. The thrust caused from the burning fuel is directed out the nozzle of the rocket. That pushed the rocket in the opposite direction.
Liquid fuel engine work in the same way, but they use liquid fuel just like a car does.
One way to think of it is to think of a balloon. A balloon expands because the air pressure inside is pressing against all of the interior of the balloon at the same pressure. When you let go of the end of the balloon, the air is pushing out of the end of the balloon and that action caused the balloon to move in the opposite direction.
For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.
In 1981 what candy was chosen by the first space shuttle astronauts for part of their space menu?
skittles
What time did the Atlantic Space Rocket Take Off At?
it was at 8:20pm in England and 2:20pm in the UYSA
What are the names of all the astronauts in space right now?
Brian Sullivan, Andy Sanchez, and Rob Glover.
Are liquid fueled rockets still used today?
Solid, hence the name. The propellant in the solid rocket boosters on the US Space Shuttle is composed of ammonium perchlorate, powdered aluminum, iron oxide, and a polymeric binder to hold it all together. There are other possible mixtures as well.
How long does it take to circle the earth in a spaceship?
A typical NASA launch achieves orbit sometime in the 8-12 minute range. If you weren't worried about orbit (which requires a lot of horizontal speed) and just went straight up, at an acceleration of only 1g you could reach 100 km altitude, which is the usual (somewhat arbitrary) definition of where "space" begins, in about two minutes twenty seconds. This is also about how long it would take you to fall from 100 km and go splat if we ignore air resistance (if we're ignoring air resistance, you will go splat, a parachute won't help).
If you're climbing a ladder, it's going to take a bitlonger than that.
How does sunlight reach an astronaut on the international space station?
It arrives directly from the sun or comes in via the reflection off the earth, the moon, or anything else orbiting nearby.
What do your space ship need to look like going into space?
You can design your space ship how ever you want to fly it. Do whatever you want!
