2006-09-21 10:20:41 · 6 answers · asked by stranger 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Go watch Apollo 13. That is how you get to the moon (via Saturn V rocket)...well minus that little explosive LO2 incident that they had on the way.
The last Apollo mission (17) returned to the earth on December 19, 1972. The first space shuttle mission was April 12, 1981.
From the link immediately below...and a little subtraction, it took 66 hours, 48 minutes and 15 seconds for Apollo 8 to get from Earth orbit to Lunar orbit.
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-8/apollo-8.htm
2006-09-21 14:04:28 · answer #1 · answered by tbom_01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Shuttle cannot go to the moon.
The power in the rocket that launches the shuttle is only enough for Orbital injection
To go to the moon, Apollo required the massive Saturn V rocket. That is the only rocket that the USA has built powerful enough to provide the extra boost to get a manned probe beyond orbit.
The Saturn V has been out of commission since 1970s.
Do a Google search on Apollo missions and learn about that tremendous project. It is sad that younger people know nothing about Apollo, which provokes all kinds of ignorant talk about the moon landings not happening.
2006-09-21 18:22:03 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our current space shuttle does not travel to the moon. It only orbits earth
However...
Jet speed certainly isn’t the answer. Imagine traveling by jet to the moon from Earth, about 386,000 km (240,000 miles). A jet traveling at 1,600 km/h (1,000 mph) would take about 240 hours or about 40 days to reach the moon.
Scientists and engineers clearly knew from the start that the only way to get into space is to use rockets and rocket propulsion. The vehicles and propulsion systems developed for the Apollo program were designed to reach the moon. Using a chemical propulsion system, it took the Apollo astronauts about 2.5 days to get to the moon, traveling at speeds faster than 39,000 km/h (more than 24,000 mph).
2006-09-21 20:50:46 · answer #3 · answered by phd4jc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All answers are right so far.
Shuttle can go around the earth only. It meets up with space station or another shuttle. Delivers the cargo and passengers, brings back some stuff plus passengers.
It is call shuttle because it shuttles(goes back and forth) between earth and the space station.
2006-09-21 19:43:25 · answer #4 · answered by minootoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Space Shuttle has never been to the moon as far as I know.
2006-09-21 17:26:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Space shuttles do not travel/land in moon.
They just ferry passengers upto the orbit
of the moon.
Small capsule/modules are laneded
in moon, where the travellers are
stationed. Small rockets are fired to
make an entry /land on the moon.
2006-09-21 20:39:42 · answer #6 · answered by pianist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋