1st Quarter Test info.
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| what did pres. Nixon want NASA to do | build a reusable spacecraft
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| what is an orbiter | shuttle
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| 1972 was | last flight to the moon
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| who designed and built the shuttles | a comp. named Boing
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| what does ET mean | external fuel tank
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| what does SRB mean | solid rocket booster
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| what does aft mean | rear
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| how many parts does the ET construct of | 3
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| when did Nixon anounce that a reusable spacecraft needed to be designed | 1972
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| ET is made of what | aluminum
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| what was Enterprise | the very first suttle built by Boing
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| did Enterprise ever go up in space | no
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| SRB burns all fuel in | 2 mins.
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| ET burns all fuel in | 8 mins.
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| thrust- | a forward force thatpushes an object
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| it takes to clear the launch pad | 6 sec.
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| ET holds amount of fuel | 1.6 million pounds (526,000 gallons)
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| what are two purposes of the shuttle mission | 1. build the ISS 2. carry large payloads
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| what does ISS stand for | international space station
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| what are the origional space shuttles | Columbia-1981, Callenger-1983, Discovery-1984, and Atlantis-1985
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| when is the ISS due for complition | 2010
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| is NASA behind with finishing the ISS | yes
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| shuttles are due for retirment | 2010, they are also behind because of the ISS
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| payload- | cargo
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| when was the Challenger destroyed | 1986
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| what did the SRB shot into the ET | hot gases
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| Endover- | built to repace Challenger was deliverd to Cape Canaveral 1991
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| Columbia- | (2003) broke apart during re-entry
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| what was damaged on the Columbia | the foam insilation damaged some of the tiles
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| on 1 of the atlantis launches a camera did what | the cameras saw it getting damaged
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| O rings- | rubber rings that keep a liquid from leaking
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| the heat was like an which caused the shuttle to disinagrate | inferno
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