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That claim is from NASA: https://www3.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/566250main_SHUTTLE%20ERA%20FACTS_040412.pdf https://www3.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/566250m
by kens 5mo ago
That claim is from NASA: https://www3.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/566250main_SHUTTLE%20ERA%20FACTS_040412.pdf https://www3.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/566250main_SHUTTLE...
- robotresearcher 5mo agoI see that. And I see it repeated all over. Still skeptical. Googling for total part count also comes up with the 2.5M number. They move WRT Earth, but the vast majority do not move with respect to each other, is my guess. For a sanity check comparison: Saturn V estimates are ~5 million total parts, and "tens of thousands" of moving parts. A ratio that sounds sort of normal.
- nqzero 5mo agoeverything can be a moving part if you use enough hydrogen and oxygen