I love these videos. They emphasize the promise of STS. Maybe with another six or so shuttle orbiters, the actual building and use of shuttle derivatives, and better financed infrastructure, it would have been a turning point...but it was not to be. Much of the US ELV industry vanished with the promise (but not actual results) of the shuttle. When the STS revealed itself in practice to be expensive, high maintenance and dangerous...it was too late and we are still recovering today.
2:56 Reagan laid out the goals for the Shuttle 1. was launch Satellites, 2. develop Science and things we can use on earth. 3 Provide for the National Defense, and 4. Build the ISS and establish a human presence in space. the shuttle has done all these things if Reagan were alive today he would have been proud. The Shuttle Program may end but we will explore.
I wanted to watch this video on the news that John Young, the Commander of STS 1 passed away in the past couple of days. This clip shows America in better days, when America had vision and strength. When men like John Young took our country to new places. Thank you John for your work in Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle for our country.
yup and then NASA decided to spray the whole thing with foam and paint it orange the plan worked and it saved weight but it killed two shuttles when they launched in winter.
@@geomodelrailroader Well the foam had nothing to do with Challenger. That was a result of an SRB failure which resulted in the external tank rupturing.
@@geomodelrailroader Actually, the orange is just the color of the insulation foam after it hardens; and, the foam still broke off of the ET on the first two missions when the tank was painted white. Painting the tanks white would not have prevented the chunks of foam from breaking off of the tank; but, it might've made it more obvious, during Columbia's final mission, that chunks of the foam more grievously damaged the Orbiter upon reviews of the launch footage; which might've given NASA pause when it came time to bring the Columbia Crew home.
I love these videos. They emphasize the promise of STS. Maybe with another six or so shuttle orbiters, the actual building and use of shuttle derivatives, and better financed infrastructure, it would have been a turning point...but it was not to be. Much of the US ELV industry vanished with the promise (but not actual results) of the shuttle. When the STS revealed itself in practice to be expensive, high maintenance and dangerous...it was too late and we are still recovering today.
2:56 Reagan laid out the goals for the Shuttle 1. was launch Satellites, 2. develop Science and things we can use on earth. 3 Provide for the National Defense, and 4. Build the ISS and establish a human presence in space. the shuttle has done all these things if Reagan were alive today he would have been proud. The Shuttle Program may end but we will explore.
I wanted to watch this video on the news that John Young, the Commander of STS 1 passed away in the past couple of days. This clip shows America in better days, when America had vision and strength. When men like John Young took our country to new places. Thank you John for your work in Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle for our country.
Love these old videos.
great!
18:30 Ha, No hair!
LOL.
Only two times did they paint the External Fuel Tank white. Too much weight and money to paint the thing.
yup and then NASA decided to spray the whole thing with foam and paint it orange the plan worked and it saved weight but it killed two shuttles when they launched in winter.
@@geomodelrailroader Well the foam had nothing to do with Challenger. That was a result of an SRB failure which resulted in the external tank rupturing.
@@geomodelrailroader Actually, the orange is just the color of the insulation foam after it hardens; and, the foam still broke off of the ET on the first two missions when the tank was painted white. Painting the tanks white would not have prevented the chunks of foam from breaking off of the tank; but, it might've made it more obvious, during Columbia's final mission, that chunks of the foam more grievously damaged the Orbiter upon reviews of the launch footage; which might've given NASA pause when it came time to bring the Columbia Crew home.
Yes correct I remember seeing demonstration of the heat tiles in person.