Question | Answer |
Who was the first to say that we needed a reuseable spacce craft | Richard Nixon |
1972 | last flight to go to the moon |
What was the company Boeing hired to design | the reuseablespace craft |
what does NASA call the shuttle | the orbiter |
How many tanks are connected to the shuttle launched by | 3 tanks |
aft means | rear or back |
what two things would mix and burn very quickly | liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen |
What is ET made of | aluminum and spray with a floam insulation |
what burns up into the atmosphere | the aluminum in the ET |
How many pounds does the ET hold of fuel | 1.6 million |
what holds a parachutte and a flotation device | the SRB |
What was the tester and the first reusable space craft by boeing | the enterprise |
when does the SRB provie the most thrust for lift off | when the gravity is at its greatest |
What is the ET | a light weight rocket to fly in the upper atmosphere |
thrust means | a foward force that pushes on an object |
How long does it take to clear the launch pad | 6 seconds |
ISS is the most compelx international scientificproject in history | true |
what is the NASA mission for the ISS | to understand and project our home planet , explore the universe and search for life, and to inspire the next generation of explorers |
the ISS was created as an outpost in space | true |