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> The Space Shuttle was also ruined by military requirements I’ll mostly agree there > that never materialized. I would not say that. There were classified
by dbcurtis 2y ago
> The Space Shuttle was also ruined by military requirements
I’ll mostly agree there
> that never materialized.
I would not say that. There were classified shuttle missions. I would bet that they used all the throw weight and payload bay space.
- cratermoon 2y agoIn fact, the shuttle, in particular the payload bay dimensions, was designed around a particular generation of spy satellites. Said spy satellites, the KH-11 KENNEN, were very much used as a model for the Hubble Space Telescope. A derivative on the KH-11, code named Misty, did launch on the space shuttle. A total of 11 NROL missions launched on the shuttle.
- rqtwteye 2y agoI don’t remember all details but it had to do with launching polar orbits. To land safely from there the wings had to be much bigger which then caused a ton of other problems.