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One situation when the shuttle did bring a lot of payload home was the MLPMs. The station crew put a lot of equipment and gear in those for the return home. As cluttered as the station is now, it would be (and will get) a lot worse in the coming years. EDIT: Urwumpe sort-of beat me to the...

When I was in DC for the last Presidential Inaugural, I saw several SAM sites, rooftop AA stations, and plenty of snipers on almost every building. It was kinda crazy to see in person.

Crap, you're right. The first time I looked at the picture, I thought the HAC was on the left side of the CL. Oops :embarrassed:. Sorry about that. (helps to look at longer than 2 sec.)

From what I understand, that would be considered a Straight-in Approach. I think as a general rule, the shuttle plans to make an Overhead Approach (final line up via HAC on the opposite side of the Runway CL) to insure plenty of energy (if the shuttle is low on energy, then they "downmode" to a...

Unfortunately, I have to do some flying of my own tomorrow for work, in West Virginia. Close, but not close enough. And I can't watch anything they put on NASA TV either. Bummer... :thumbsdown:

The difference between this gap and the 1970's gap is that by the time Apollo and the cobbled together Skylab and ASTP were done, the shuttle was in the later development stages and ALT were only two years away (and work on Columbia was in the advanced stages during ALT). The shuttle was planned...

Maybe it's stuck up there :lol: (Just kidding)

I wish. I loved those games. :(

AKA Shuttle-C. But i suppose you also mean a winged shuttle-C

While I don't have hard numbers yet, in order for the shuttle to perform a 'dog-leg' maneuver, NASA was planning to utilize five segment SRBs or Liquid boosters (all the way up to STS-107 when the 5-seg SRB was finally nixed from the SSP). This would have allowed acceptable payload to a...

I'm a aerial photographer. We fly a Cessna 206 and a couple Piper Navajo Chieftains. It's great fun. I'm in the air an average of 20 hours every week! :thumbup:

Most of the "Ice Caps" on mars are made up of frozen CO2, not water ice.

Gotta love Peter Gabriel + Space flight.

Yea, I find it a bit unnecessary. If you bump the joystick enough to change your orbit, you need to stop playing Wii so close to the computer. :P The only time I had the joystick get bumped was when a cat rubbed up on it and caused my Shuttle to spin at a blistering 0.5 degrees a second (which...

And some addons just won't work in 2010 and won't get updated. :shrug: Nothing will be done with those ones except keeping a copy of 2006 around.

What I have read (collection of stories and books written by astronauts) say that MS/PS 1, 2, 4, 5 can( and do) change seating assignments in regards to launch and entry. The one MS/PS that never changes seats is MS/PS 3. 3 has special duties in case of an abort and gets special training...

I new that one would win because it is the simplest and least imaginative. :dry:

I also confirm the Docking port bug. After reloading the 'current state' scenario the port is in the correct location.

http://beyondapollo.blogspot.com/2011/04/jscs-shuttle-ii-1988.html Shuttle II 1988 I don't think it got very far, maybe Phase 0, but interesting reading regardless. EDIT: The above page makes reference to a NASA Langley Research Center Shuttle II proposal as well, here is a site that talks...

Depending on the circumstances, the passengers wouldn't have felt a thing due to g-forces from the roll/dive. And of course, during a flight the overhead bins would for the most part be closed and passengers should be wearing seat belts.