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Look at wikipedia's top picture of the space shuttle. Far more respectable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shut
by rom-antics 4y ago
Look at wikipedia's top picture of the space shuttle. Far more respectable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle
- tylerjaywood 4y agoWhat are those things it's attached to, and what purpose do they serve relative to the shuttle itself?
- dudul 4y agoThe space shuttle was great, but it was retired for a reason. Additionally, when taking off it did essentially look like a rocket. The shuttle is small compared to the tank/boosters combination. And these are the ones making sure it can take off.
- lamontcg 4y agoHooking it to the side of the main tank is now seen as a design flaw. The X-37 and the Starship being on top of a stack isn't an engineering accident.
- rom-antics 4y agoFine then, look at Artemis 1. It looks roughly like the Discovery rockets might have looked without the shuttle attached. You can stack your payload without making it overtly glans-shaped. We have the technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_1
- lamontcg 4y agoget rid of the overly pointy LES and it pretty much looks like a dildo with SRBs to me.