before space shuttles take off???

Question

I have a question that i think is very crazy, but i really can't think of how they do it... lol...

Before a space shuttle takes off the space shuttle is straight up and down pointing at the sky. This would cause the seats to have there back parallel to the ground... Correct??? If so how do the astronouts get to their seats??? I know its silly, but i walked by the tv at work earlier and saw the space shuttle that is taking off soon and just thought about that and noone at work knows how.

Answer 1

See for yourself.

Nope. They do it all by themselves. Sorry.

Answer 2

They need a lot of help.

When the astronauts climb into the space shuttle there are at least two unsuited men helping them. They get into the seats and lie down on them. Only when the shuttle is in flight do those seats become in the upright position. This is how ever astronaut ever flown has done it.

The seat acts like a couch laying down and the astronaut has to put his legs over the height of his head. It is a very uncomfortable position to be in. When you increase your weight by 3 which is the usual load at take off then the position becomes even more uncomfortable.

Just climbing into the shuttle seats is an exhausting task since you are wearing a 40-50 pound space suit. Is it any wonder that astronauts train for 1 year before going up.

Answer 3

They do it without help in most cases. There are steps built into the floor, that is a "wall" when the shuttle is in launch position. It's an effort about equivalent to climbing an extension ladder and crawling into the house through a second-story window, while carrying a 50-lb sack of potatoes on your shoulder.

Answer 4

Hawks is on direction. There are countless maneuvers that are completed by way of stress from the air. The TWANG - the rocking of the holiday forward and back merely before the launch of the clamps that carry it. The ROLL - think of a curler coaster, you interior the lead automobile as you crest a hill. the roll does 2 issues, smoother for the astronauts, and shall we the SRBs and the gas tank take the tension of liftoff by way of the air. THROTTLE UP - merely after the roll the engines are decrease back to permit the whole assembly to acclimate itself to the pressures of launch. Then at approximately 60 to 70 seconds they get the "circulate throttle up" the place they kick the engines and proceed up

Answer 5

That's true, the same as if you got into a chair that had its back lying on the floor. They have help, support crew actually strap them down.

Answer 6

When they climb in they are laying on their backs--They have special "ladder" type things that help them get to their seats