2007-08-08 12:33:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Powered by rockets; shuttle because it's reusable.
2007-08-08 12:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I like the shuttle. But it seems about time to get away from all this 'blasting-off' stuff. We need a vehicle that can take off conventionally and gain enough speed to enter into space. It's already been done with the X-15 rocket plane in the 1960s.
2007-08-08 20:35:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just to clarify what another contributor wrote, the X-15 hypersonic "rocket plane" of the 1960's did not take off conventionally. It was hoisted into the air under the belly of a large plane and then dropped. A series of rocket engines then ignited once the X-15 had safely fallen away from the hoist plane. The X-15 had very small wings and could never generate enough lift to takeoff and rise to the high level atmospheric levels that it was designed to probe.
2007-08-08 23:56:19 · answer #3 · answered by Evan R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Space Shuttle.... Maybe a new generation Shuttle.
2007-08-08 19:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by slice of jam 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The space shuttle is a rocket-propelled space vehicle. I can't imagine why anyone would answer that such a thing is "not a rocket."
2007-08-08 20:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by aviophage 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
are you asking if the space shuttle could be called a rocket? i live near cape canaveral and i watched space shuttle endeavour lift-off an hour ago. it is not a rocket.
2007-08-08 19:38:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
space shuttle. its reusable.
2007-08-12 19:10:31 · answer #7 · answered by lunk_funk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋