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Shuttle Program 1 Rockets – The Space Shuttle Ted Spitzmiller

Shuttle Program1 Rockets – The Space Shuttle Ted Spitzmiller

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Shuttle Program 1

Rockets – The Space Shuttle

Ted Spitzmiller

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Shuttle Program 2

Replacement for Saturn V

• Saturn V used to send men to the moon 1968-72

• Launched Skylab Space Station 1973

• 250,000 lbs. To earth orbit

• Shuttle 65,000 pounds to earth orbit

Shuttle 4.4 million lbs. 6 million lbs. thrust

Saturn V 6.0 million lbs. 7.5 million lbs. thrust

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Shuttle Program 3

Initial Reusable Design - 1970

• Expected to fly weekly – 52 flights/year

• High Development costs required a more conservative design

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Shuttle Program 4

The Compromise• Solid Fuel Boosters• Expendable tank

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Shuttle Program 5

First Flight - 1981• Use of Solid Fuel limits safety factor at launch

• Can’t shut down the solids once ignited

• Can’t separate the Shuttle from the ‘stack’

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Shuttle Program 6

Final Costs• Flying only 8 Shuttles

per year• Each flight costs

$500,000,000 (Half a billion dollars)

• High cost caused by few flights divided by extensive maintenance and launch expenses

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Shuttle Program 7

Critical Flight Profiles - Launch

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Shuttle Program 8

Challenger – January 1986

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Shuttle Program 9

Critical Flight Profiles - Reentry

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Shuttle Program 10

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Shuttle Program 11

Shuttle Tiles - Side View

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Shuttle Program 12

Shuttle Tiles – Bottom View

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Shuttle Program 13

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Shuttle Program 14

AF Photo over ABQ

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Shuttle Program 15

The Columbia is Lost Feb 1, 2003

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Shuttle Program 16

In Memory of those who have Perished —Columbia