| 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 |
