The Space Shuttle Orbiter

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  • @t65bx25
    @t65bx25 29 днів тому +317

    Shuttle: For those moments when you have to launch a secret spysat on Tuesday, service the ISS on Wednesday, and upgrade Hubble on Thursday, all with enough seats to bring along half a sports team.

    • @dsdy1205
      @dsdy1205 29 днів тому +33

      Not pictured, the 1 year between the Wednsday and Thursday launches

    • @tritanicwolf518
      @tritanicwolf518 29 днів тому +5

      I love this comment.

    • @starmanxvi
      @starmanxvi 29 днів тому +3

      ​@@dsdy1205sadly true.

    • @T_WiseIJAdoge
      @T_WiseIJAdoge 20 днів тому +1

      Yeap

  • @WWIflyingace62
    @WWIflyingace62 Місяць тому +198

    A miracle of glass, aluminum, and carbon. That it flew at all was nothing short of magic made manifest.

    • @t65bx25
      @t65bx25 Місяць тому +31

      The Phantom proved that with enough thrust, even a brick could fly. The Shuttle proved a brick could _glide._

    • @Kenedienz
      @Kenedienz 29 днів тому

      you forgot the sleep deprivation

    • @cylesmith8291
      @cylesmith8291 29 днів тому +6

      Flying would be a generous description, falling with style is another.

    • @SmithsMuseum
      @SmithsMuseum 29 днів тому

      Two wings and a good million prayers.

  • @notBrie
    @notBrie 29 днів тому +58

    The space shuttles would have been much safer if they used turbo encabulators to synchronize the cardinogrammeters.

  • @redmondmannshealer69.v19
    @redmondmannshealer69.v19 29 днів тому +82

    Palmdale mentioned RAAAAAHHHH WE LOVE SHITTY DESERTS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE LAUCHING ROCKETS

  • @effervescentrelief
    @effervescentrelief 29 днів тому +52

    I don't care how overly complicated and dangerous it was, the Space Shuttle is the coolest spacecraft ever to fly. The most complicated vehicle ever made for human transportation, and it's amazing!

  • @mr_mustash
    @mr_mustash 29 днів тому +38

    The space shuttle as a whole was a miracle of engineering, but to me it's RS-25 main engines are nothing short of a gift from the heavens. No one has else has even gotten close to the specific impulse that those bad boys could generate.

    • @Orion-CSAT
      @Orion-CSAT 28 днів тому +2

      Not with the same thrust at least, other engines have surpassed it.

    • @speckkatze
      @speckkatze 28 днів тому +2

      At least not in operation. But the ISP has been beat before the RS-25 even existed. In the 1960s Rocketdyne built an engine with an ISP of 542, by using gaseous hydrogen, liquid fluorine and liquid lithium as chemical propellants.

    • @mr_mustash
      @mr_mustash 27 днів тому +4

      @@speckkatze We don't talk about the monstrosity that Rocketdyne built. The fact that they kept trying at it for 10 years is WILD.

    • @Therealpro2
      @Therealpro2 27 днів тому

      "miracle of engineering" what? It was over engineered as fuck.
      edit: and i dont mean over engineered in positive light here. space shuttle had too many responsibilities, because 50 different goverment agencies tried to imprint their own vision on that project.

  • @malloc7108
    @malloc7108 29 днів тому +34

    Oh man, the 70s and 80s cassette futurism was such a good look. Don't get me wrong, I prefer things now, but it was all a bit magical then.

  • @fpsroblox8512
    @fpsroblox8512 Місяць тому +48

    A man made miracle and a feat of Engineering -- god bless the Shuttle

  • @bkam9794
    @bkam9794 29 днів тому +54

    I actually got to have the privilege of seeing a shuttle (I think it was Discovery) being carried by one of the 747 motherships at Ft. Bliss in Texas during a layover they had transporting it back from the West Coast.

    • @mp7_acog
      @mp7_acog 29 днів тому +8

      I remember in elementary school, the teachers took all the students outside to watch the Endeavour's final journey to the California Science Center. I didn't realize the gravity of the move but now I can really appreciate how it was preserved.

    • @duitk
      @duitk 29 днів тому +2

      ​@@mp7_acog I saw it fly in from the top of the roof at my highschool. Gosh makes me feel so old.

  • @rivawattimena3645
    @rivawattimena3645 Місяць тому +27

    Another INDEX Classic

  • @theDesigner14
    @theDesigner14 29 днів тому +58

    I wasn't expecting KISS but I'm definitely not complaining

    • @JoranGroothengel
      @JoranGroothengel 29 днів тому +3

      I guess Keep It Simple Stupid is quite applicable to how overcomplicated the space shuttle ended up being

    • @KerbalRocketry
      @KerbalRocketry 29 днів тому +3

      @@JoranGroothengel the Shuttle would have been such a good vehicle, if the problems of a non-reusable heatshield on a reusable vehicle had been realised earlier than Columbia.

  • @Jon_bob5012
    @Jon_bob5012 29 днів тому +17

    what a prefect day to upload this

  • @Affected207
    @Affected207 29 днів тому +10

    I love how this comes out as soon as i launch a rocket in factorio

  • @alekseicalhoun856
    @alekseicalhoun856 29 днів тому +11

    More space edits! This is the stuff that makes me keep chasin' that NASA work dream.

  • @John-rl9ue
    @John-rl9ue 29 днів тому +11

    Fitting for the 4th of July.

  • @antguy3195
    @antguy3195 29 днів тому +16

    I don't know what it is that makes these videos so great, but they're masterpieces.

  • @TheNopeAce
    @TheNopeAce 9 днів тому +3

    My uncle was the commander of the endeavor on his last space flight!! Space shuttles are insanely dope

  • @bolnol
    @bolnol Місяць тому +12

    DONT MAKE US WAIT

  • @soffren
    @soffren 9 днів тому +1

    You feel a spiritual significance when you see just how massive they are in person.

  • @effervescentrelief
    @effervescentrelief 29 днів тому +5

    The Ares SRB launch was wild!

  • @ThomasFarquhar2
    @ThomasFarquhar2 29 днів тому +4

    wow i timed getting back into KSP (and spaceflight in general) perfectly

  • @LukePrail
    @LukePrail 29 днів тому +6

    A space based Index video is always a good day, let alone on Independence Day!

  • @pabilbadoespecial
    @pabilbadoespecial 28 днів тому +1

    Videos like this about pure engineering for ye betterment of humanity makes me happy. I was talking with my grandparents and back in the day, they did think the future was bright. They had something to look forward to, now it's a different story

  • @TriplePistol
    @TriplePistol 20 днів тому +1

    Love the choice of music.
    It gives me goosebumps and depicts the era well.

  • @josephhatfield6237
    @josephhatfield6237 29 днів тому +2

    The double boom gave me CHILLS!

  • @Caffine_Kitsune
    @Caffine_Kitsune 29 днів тому +4

    Rocken welll up north on STS-7!!! Happy USA DAY 248 YEARS STRONG AND STILL STANDIN!!!!!!

  • @TheTrooperC
    @TheTrooperC 29 днів тому +6

    letting index near a shuttle IS a security risk

  • @notachair4757
    @notachair4757 29 днів тому +1

    The (best) space boat of all time.

  • @humorgep
    @humorgep 29 днів тому +1

    First I got goosebumps, then smiled for the whole video. The Shuttle is my favourite spacecraft

  • @Hi1234Ismyname
    @Hi1234Ismyname Місяць тому +2

    This is the moment I’ve been waiting for

  • @suriles4652
    @suriles4652 28 днів тому +2

    Loved the compilation of shuttle derived hardware that still flies today.

  • @tracym8952
    @tracym8952 17 днів тому

    I saw 4 launches in my life and it never failed to deliver. Literally reality shaking

  • @ethanmay4385
    @ethanmay4385 29 днів тому

    This channel is carrying my motivation to become an Aerospace Engineer

  • @darcystuart-russell1682
    @darcystuart-russell1682 Місяць тому +6

    Jokes on you guys I already saw it

  • @Devoidy
    @Devoidy 29 днів тому +2

    early Index edit. peak youtube

  • @guckesksk5895
    @guckesksk5895 29 днів тому +3

    It’s crazy what humans are capable of.

  • @thegrayfellow8164
    @thegrayfellow8164 29 днів тому +2

    Fun Fact: every dollar we put into NASA, has come back to produce fourteen dollars through NASA's public-private tech sharing program.
    NASA is literally the best investment the American people ever had.

  • @averagecanadianguy1966
    @averagecanadianguy1966 29 днів тому

    they could never make me hate the Space Shuttle

  • @walkingwiki2682
    @walkingwiki2682 День тому

    I love this video
    Keep doing spaceflight

  • @LyzeOfJ
    @LyzeOfJ 29 днів тому

    Spaceflight edits are absolutely peak 🥴

  • @Nvr4getGachi
    @Nvr4getGachi Місяць тому +24

    big bird should've been there.

  • @concordegaming5037
    @concordegaming5037 28 днів тому +1

    The amount of hype in this video is too great to be put into words, I love it

  • @NCRRangerVet47
    @NCRRangerVet47 29 днів тому +1

    Happy Independence Day, Index! God bless the military industrial complex!

  • @crazedpilot1
    @crazedpilot1 29 днів тому +2

    My favorite brick ♥

  • @mangus6191
    @mangus6191 29 днів тому +1

    Missed opportunity to use the song "space truckin'" by Deep Purple

  • @WDSc20
    @WDSc20 29 днів тому +1

    hell yeah! perfect video for the 4th

  • @raptor2265
    @raptor2265 4 дні тому +1

    For all of its technical flaws and shortcomings, I don't think that any spacecraft has come close to the Space Shuttle when it comes to inspiring the imagination. Almost every movie that has required a mission to space in the past half-century has used a space shuttle, and for good reason. Capsule-type spacecraft are a dime a dozen; something like SpaceX's starship is a fairly bland metal tube with flaps. But, the space shuttle? With elegant curves, towering tail, multi-deck cabin, and gargantuan cargo bay, it truly embodied a real-life "space ship". Not a rocket, not a re-usable capsule, but a vessel sailing through space. I don't know if we'll ever see something as iconic as it this century - it is such a remarkable, striking design.

  • @jpase
    @jpase 29 днів тому +1

    The military industrial complex propaganda is great and all but THIS is what I really need more of

  • @mcorbin9474
    @mcorbin9474 29 днів тому

    So its takes a massive set balls to have flown the shuttle program esp. considering all the issues that took out the two Shuttles and their crews were known by everyone flying in the program after 1990.

  • @AIM-120D_AMRAAM
    @AIM-120D_AMRAAM Місяць тому +3

    Merry independence day eve! May the greatest nation in history be blessed by God for another 248 years.

  • @Dark_game-yh6qx
    @Dark_game-yh6qx 8 днів тому

    Space shuttle is legend!

  • @Liguehunters
    @Liguehunters 29 днів тому

    We going to Space with his one !!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @optimusprimegaming8573
    @optimusprimegaming8573 29 днів тому

    another index classic 🔥

  • @lolvks
    @lolvks 28 днів тому

    The twin sonic booms at 3:03 is simply chef’s kiss.

  • @critterjet100
    @critterjet100 28 днів тому +1

    I dig the new pfp dude!

    • @Indexium
      @Indexium  28 днів тому

      @@critterjet100 thanks :) my fatha made it for me

  • @d1t183
    @d1t183 29 днів тому

    SHUTTLE IS PEAK AMERICA! HAPPY 4th!

  • @ThatYoinkySploinky-kx5qc
    @ThatYoinkySploinky-kx5qc 21 день тому

    just zorked to this!

  • @ladan7740
    @ladan7740 29 днів тому +1

    You should do a starship edit

  • @notsurejr4957
    @notsurejr4957 19 днів тому

    now you got to do one about starship

  • @hazmat2625
    @hazmat2625 29 днів тому

    Best way to celebrate independence

  • @abrandenburg10
    @abrandenburg10 28 днів тому

    I mean was it a colossal waste of money that was incredibly dangerous and achieved almost none of its goal? Yes. Did it also set the space program back decades? Also yes. Is it still one of the coolest things we've ever done? Hell yes.

  • @jackturner8472
    @jackturner8472 29 днів тому

    Imagine showing this to some engineers working on mercury, their heads would fucking explode.

  • @darealsherlock8026
    @darealsherlock8026 29 днів тому +1

    on independence day is brave

  • @FirstOfficerDelta
    @FirstOfficerDelta 24 дні тому +2

    Why do I feel like this was inspired by Alexander the ok's vid on space shuttles? Just a feeling.

    • @Indexium
      @Indexium  23 дні тому

      @@FirstOfficerDelta we inspire eachother
      and im not joking

  • @ruskiwaffle1991
    @ruskiwaffle1991 29 днів тому

    I DON'T CARE IF IT'S HIGHLY UNSAFE AND EXPENSIVE, THE SPACE SHUTTLE WAS PEAK AMERICAN BADASSERY

  • @EchoOne3710
    @EchoOne3710 29 днів тому +1

    WOAH UNITED STATES ENGINEERING MOMENT!!! 😳🇺🇸

  • @tequilasunrise69
    @tequilasunrise69 23 дні тому

    I think you'd do a good job making a Kai Tak music video

  • @Lockheed_Enjoyer
    @Lockheed_Enjoyer Місяць тому

    This is a great day.

  • @AstralLateris
    @AstralLateris 23 дні тому

    Wish rockwell had some posters :(

  • @Boredom2043
    @Boredom2043 29 днів тому +1

    Happy USA Day❗️❗️ 🎉🎉

  • @StriderSquadronAwacs
    @StriderSquadronAwacs 28 днів тому

    challenger:

  • @77Iz
    @77Iz Місяць тому +1

    omg no way 😮😮😮😘😘

  • @luftwaffles1944
    @luftwaffles1944 18 днів тому

    amazing video! where did you find all the deployment, construction, and refurbishment footage? I cant seem to find it anywhere on youtube.

  • @Jellydoughnuthole
    @Jellydoughnuthole Місяць тому +3

    I was about to start guessing Mr index’s Time zone before I learned he’s not even dropping it at midnight compared to where I am and it’s just not even close unless… he’s a European…hmmmmmm HMMMMMMM I see you over there and if he isn’t then shit man why the fuck are you releasing it in the middle of the day just have it drop midnight then bing bam boom everyone is happy and we don’t have to wait so damn long
    Edit: I no longer agree with past me

    • @Indexium
      @Indexium  Місяць тому +8

      theres a reason im posting it at the time I am, but no ones gonna figure it out unless youre a REAL nerd

    • @johnnybarker62
      @johnnybarker62 Місяць тому +5

      @@Indexium I think its for Space Shuttle Discovery

    • @brostrod
      @brostrod 29 днів тому +2

      @@Indexium luckily I have a banger timezone so I actually managed to figure it out
      11:38am, liftoff of challenger's final flight o7

    • @crazedpilot1
      @crazedpilot1 29 днів тому +1

      @@Indexium Its the 4th of July Discovery launch isnt it?

    • @Jellydoughnuthole
      @Jellydoughnuthole 29 днів тому

      I’m going to assume judging from the video and the time that he release date, he is eastern time zone aka American East Coast and the launch perfectly lines up with the launch of the discovery space shuttle and judging from the background, I do believe I’m correct although I’m guessing off of the time in Washington. I would reckon a bet that @Indexum lives on America’s Eastern seaboard because this was released at 2:38 PM fourth of July but ehhhhh thats just my best guess

  • @clutchk97
    @clutchk97 25 днів тому

    The only thing this video needs is more of the main engine start up, love the vectoring ua-cam.com/video/Mxyqr8BVVTA/v-deo.htmlsi=Wevszp7t2TDHWJpT

  • @ethanmay4385
    @ethanmay4385 29 днів тому +2

    Maybe the most dangerous spacecraft ever designed, but definitely the coolest

  • @avus-kw2f213
    @avus-kw2f213 16 днів тому

    You should do a Juche propaganda

  • @chieftainmk_11
    @chieftainmk_11 23 дні тому

    What’s the source of the commentary?

  • @ultralaggerREV1
    @ultralaggerREV1 29 днів тому

    Many people don’t know, but Rockwell one made the most hideous design for a space shuttle. It looks horrible

  • @FortemDracoPH
    @FortemDracoPH Місяць тому

    6th

  • @EpicErmine
    @EpicErmine 29 днів тому +1

    43 views after 3 minutes this guy fell off

  • @mr.Celsius
    @mr.Celsius 29 днів тому +1

    the American space shuttle may be cool, but we can all agree the the Soviet buran Orbiter was way better technologicaly and could be used for more mission types, however sadly the ussr was too broke to keep it working :(

  • @createstadler
    @createstadler 29 днів тому

    Only 349 views in 30 minutes, bro fell off

  • @DoBoDird
    @DoBoDird 29 днів тому

    boring not watching … mississippi mentioned tho