Space Shuttle Anecdotes

[paulguitar]

What I'd love to have been able to witness is a Saturn V launch. Makes the shuttle look a bit weedy by comparison!

[Eric Mc]

The Saturn V was majestic - if not a bit ponderous - off the pad.

The Shuttle took off like a scalded cat.

They both developed around 7.5 million pounds of thrust on lift off. However, the Shuttle stack was lighter tahn the Saturn V so had a better power to weight ratio which enabled a quick getaway off the pad.

[generationx]

Here’s Discovery in the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazey halls, taken back in 2015:

[Caruso]

Having seen Enterprise on the Intrepid, the thing that impressed me most was that they had managed to make something the size of a small airliner get into orbit and back safely again.

[Eric Mc]

Caruso said:

Having seen Enterprise on the Intrepid, the thing that impressed me most was that they had managed to make something the size of a small airliner get into orbit and back safely again.

- most of the time.

[Caruso]

Eric Mc said:

Caruso said:

Having seen Enterprise on the Intrepid, the thing that impressed me most was that they had managed to make something the size of a small airliner get into orbit and back safely again.

- most of the time.

Harsh but fair Eric, harsh but fair.