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Whither the Space Shuttle. Roger D. Launius National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution. What Do You do for an Encore after you have been to the Moon ?. Early Space Shuttle Concepts. A Creature of Compromise. Approved January 5, 1972, $5.15B price tag. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Whither the Space Shuttle
Roger D. LauniusRoger D. LauniusNational Air and Space MuseumNational Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian Institution
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2What Do You do for an Encore after you have been to the Moon?
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Early Space Shuttle Concepts
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4A Creature of Compromise• Approved January 5, 1972,
$5.15B price tag.• First flight April 12-14, 1981.• Space Shuttle to provide
routine, inexpensive, reliable, access to space.
• Next step in realizing vision of multi-planetary human presence.
• Viewed as “one-size-fits-all” space access vehicle.
• Was to position U.S. as central space access entity in world.
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5Building the Shuttle
• Intended to fly by 1978.
• Two critical technological challenges:•Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME)•Thermal Protection System (TPS)
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Space Shuttle Operations• 1981—First flight of Columbia.• 1982—Pres. Reagan declares
Space Shuttle operational.• 1986—Challenger accident at
launch of 25th flight.• 1988—Return to flight of shuttle.• 1995—First docking at Russian
Mir space station.• 1998—STS-95, John Glenn flight.• 1998—First orbital assembly of
ISS.• 2003—Columbia accident on
reentry. Total of 113 missions, 111 successful.
• 2005—Return to flight, STS-115.• 2011—135 missions flown.
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7Preparing for Launch
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8Go for Launch
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9Living and Working in Orbit
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10The EVA Experience
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13Shuttle/Mir Program, 1995-98
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Tragedies: Challenger 1986 and Columbia 2003
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16IS THE SPACE SHUTTLE A GOOD INVESTMENT?
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PUBLIC WILLINGNESS TO TRAVEL IN SPACE
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18Building the International Space Station
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20Assessing the Shuttle’s Legacy
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