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this can be added into Star Trek's retroactive continuity as a precursor to saucer separation
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THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT I FELT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IMMEDIATELY AFTER CHALLENGER.
IN FACT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE INITIAL DESIGN.
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Yeah, although the original wan't bad they just should have taken proper precautions for every mission.
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Shuttle block, more specifically ?
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I'm still looking
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Aah Interesting If you any info as to it's whereabouts I would love to have it.
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No I sadly don't but thank you for the background story it is very appreciated.
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This clearly would not have the same problems the actual shuttle had.
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It's the same basic design just with aerodynamic differences. The normal shuttle was a fine machine and what do you mean by problems ?
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It also has a more advanced escape system plus liquid boosters. It would have prevented the problems that lead to the loss of two shuttles.
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Challenger could have been prevented. They knew about the o-rings performance below 32 F on the SRBs but the NASA board of directors decided to ahead with it anyway regardless of what the ground crews and engineers said. As with Columbia I do agree that an escape system could have been in place but even still if they had reinforced the wings with tougher heat resistant materials.
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Which is exactly why I'm not a big fan of "SHUT UP AND DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD!" because that mode of operating has a nasty tendency of getting people killed.
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Yes sir it does, it does :/
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The unfortunate fact of the matter is that we need something that can be used that's more akin to the SSTO launch plantform seen in Ace Combat 5. That, along with a broader launch vehicle system, would be the way to go.
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Yea but even still Single Stage rocketry is a use once deal. But I can see how it would be cheaper to operate.
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Well, not if it was setup like the X-47B. Reusable engines that just need refueling, as far as I know.
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Aah well like anything aerospace and aviation are a compromise.
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AMAZING! Well thought out design! I especially like how you replaced the solid rocket boosters with liquid fuel versions and the the cockpit escape pod that converts into a mini shuttle! Great safety features to overcome the original shuttle's fatal design flaws.
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It was a design by NASA not my own but I do like the idea.
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