re: 600 km

Space/Science » in reply to I wish we would've left the Russians out of the station program.

re: 600 km

Raoul — 8/29/2004 8:14:13 AM (archived)

An orbit of 600km with an inclination of 27.5 degrees would be prime real estate for a spaceport/shipyard.

The maximum payload capacity of the Shuttle would have been reduced by the orbit's height; 600 km is about enough for a mass like the HST's; (11 tonnes?) but a pressurized man-tended module would have to be heavier.

That's one of the problems with the Shuttle design

The whole thread (27 posts)

The lost and forgotten missions - Raoul - 8/28/2004 4:28:43 PM
- Somehow an appropriate place to put this - E.P. Grondine - 8/28/2004 6:29:35 PM
  - re: Launchers - Raoul - 8/28/2004 8:56:33 PM
    - re: Launchers - E.P. Grondine - 8/28/2004 9:41:07 PM
- Saturn V - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2004 6:27:14 PM
  - re: Saturn V - Raoul - 8/28/2004 8:33:13 PM
    - I still have mine - Gary - 8/29/2004 6:23:00 AM
      - re:Envying you - Raoul - 8/29/2004 8:07:41 AM
        
        I still like to play with it - Gary - 8/29/2004 5:27:57 PM
  - Old scandal - Gary - 8/28/2004 7:09:53 PM
    - re: Old scandal - gbaikie - 8/29/2004 10:47:03 PM
      - The rear view mirror - Gary - 8/30/2004 6:16:56 AM
        
        Cold War factor - dtb - 8/30/2004 2:51:04 PM
        
        re: The rear view mirror - gbaikie - 8/30/2004 1:59:15 PM
    - I wish we would've left the Russians out of the station program. - Lee - 8/29/2004 3:30:54 AM
      - re: I wish we would've left the Russians out of the station program. - luiscar - 8/30/2004 2:40:01 PM
      - re: 600 km - Raoul - 8/29/2004 8:14:13 AM
        
        The six segment SRBs would've allowed it to go that high. (n/t) - Lee - 8/29/2004 9:02:03 AM
      - There are reasons why the ISS is a white elephant - Gary - 8/29/2004 6:11:32 AM
        
        re: There are reasons why the ISS is a white elephant - alcaray - 8/30/2004 10:44:33 PM
        
        EML-1 - ken murphy - 8/31/2004 4:31:20 AM
        
        Skylab - Daniel L - 8/30/2004 2:08:29 PM
        
        Hardly. September 26, 1998 - E.P. Grondine - 8/29/2004 7:28:27 PM
        
        I wonder if Tom Hanks could be interested in it - E.P. Grondine - 8/29/2004 7:32:53 PM
    - and new nonsense. Ummm, Gary... - E.P. Grondine - 8/28/2004 9:54:04 PM
      - re: and new nonsense. Ummm, Gary... - Enyo - 8/29/2004 9:54:55 PM
        
        I know, I already knew, now here's why what I said is right - E.P. Grondine - 8/30/2004 3:35:18 PM

Recent posts

On this day in Space/Science

The whole thread (27 posts)