+- MacResource (https://forums.macresource.com)
+-- Forum: My Category (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Tips and Deals (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Thread: Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle (/showthread.php?tid=118942)
Pages:
1
2
Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle - freeradical - 06-20-2011
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110620.html
Re: Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle - MGS_forgot_password - 06-20-2011
Should have painted the tank white like they did for the first couple of missions.
Re: Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle - Paul F. - 06-20-2011
The paint adds nearly half a ton of weight... less "mission mass" for the orbiter.
Re: Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle - Lew Zealand - 06-20-2011
MGS_forgot_password wrote:
Should have painted the tank white like they did for the first couple of missions.
That would mean a smaller payload. Paint's heavy.
Re: Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle - Lew Zealand - 06-20-2011
toooooo soooooooowwwww…
Re: Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle - mikebw - 06-20-2011
Paul F. wrote:
The paint adds nearly half a ton of weight... less "mission mass" for the orbiter.
Is the orange not paint as well?
Re: Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle - Carnos Jax - 06-20-2011
No, that's the natural color of the insulation... :-)
Re: Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle - OWC Jamie - 06-20-2011
mikebw wrote:
[quote=Paul F.]
The paint adds nearly half a ton of weight... less "mission mass" for the orbiter.
Is the orange not paint as well?
that's the color of the raw foam insulation
Re: Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle - cbelt3 - 06-20-2011
Heavier and SAFER. Those mission enablers cost Seven people their lives.
Re: Last Roll Out of a Space Shuttle - Paul F. - 06-20-2011
That had nothing to do with the paint... or the weight.
That was 100% human "go fever".