According To Someone I Spoke To...
The Shuttle, being attached to two solid rockeet boosters is akin to "...firing a bullet with a butterfly hanging onto it..."
Apparantly the Shuttle is easily the most dangerous piece of transport that has ever been made, and by some considerable distance. The actual Shuttle itself is built on a shoestring budget, the boosters are so volatile and prone to failure that, logically, its more likely to blow up than get safely into orbit & the whole thing is based on 70's technology, even now.
Nixon wanted it and they rushed the design, paying big time for it now and now desparately hoping for a replacement but nothing fortcoming so having to persever with it (NASA) to justify their existence and budget!
Posted By: Martin Peters on July 3rd 2006 at 14:50:44
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- NASA's shuttle is fucked again, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Jul 3, 14:43:03
- Yanks smuggling cocaine know are they? (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jul 3, 15:14:25
- I'm sure Wayne "Rocket Scientist" Rooney could sort it out for them... (General Chat) - AL_in_Brazil, Jul 3, 14:53:42
- According To Someone I Spoke To... (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Jul 3, 14:50:44
- Not as dangerous as (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 3, 14:54:29
- along side the chinook, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Jul 3, 14:54:19
- What's New (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 3, 14:47:44
- Come on surely they can launch with just one tiny crack (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 3, 14:44:01
- knowing america they might well do that, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Jul 3, 14:44:58
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