/sci/ - Science & Math

bot this bot that how about you niggers talk about spaceflight

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>>15839769
what a strange take. I for one love the orng tank

>>15673361
>You don't care about Energia
you're right I don't. the crappy soviet shuttle copy that flew twice and never carried humans vs the 30 year NASA success story? no question.

what does /sfg/ think of this vehicle that could be built using SLS derived hardware? you could save the 6bn overbudget on boosters and engines by shortening the boosters one segment and attaching the engines to the orbiter, making both of these disposable components reusable.

orng

Shuttle was good in that it enabled things that would have otherwise been hard or impossible at the time. ISS wouldn't have been built without it. Hubble wouldn't have been repaired without it. It taught us lessons about reusable spacecraft and assembly in orbit. /sfg/fags get too caught up in raw payload to orbit and cost per launch numbers, as well as the 2 high profile disasters.
Sorry, it was a long successful program that is still held in high regard and chock full of iconic hardware and imagery.

I just like it bros