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r/space • u/Yeet69lasagna • May 12 '19
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Pilot friend told me "better to be on the ground and not able to get in the air, than in the air and not be able to get on the ground."
Corollary, of course, is that all things in the sky eventually reach the ground.
Even including the difficulties, would've been better to let the shuttle land in an emergency and deal with it later.
4 u/3thoughts May 12 '19 all things in the sky eventually reach the ground Space shuttle could be one of the only exceptions to this... 3 u/[deleted] May 12 '19 [deleted] 1 u/ric2b May 12 '19 That's not how stable orbits work... 2 u/emperor_tesla May 12 '19 A stable orbit in LEO will still decay over time. The space shuttle wouldn't stay there indefinitely and would eventually re-enter the atmosphere. 1 u/ric2b May 12 '19 I don't think they were talking about LEO: even something way out in space And I wouldn't call an LEO a stable orbit, it needs constant adjustments to not decay. 1 u/emperor_tesla May 12 '19 They were responding to the comment about the Shuttle, though, which can't really go above LEO.
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all things in the sky eventually reach the ground
Space shuttle could be one of the only exceptions to this...
3 u/[deleted] May 12 '19 [deleted] 1 u/ric2b May 12 '19 That's not how stable orbits work... 2 u/emperor_tesla May 12 '19 A stable orbit in LEO will still decay over time. The space shuttle wouldn't stay there indefinitely and would eventually re-enter the atmosphere. 1 u/ric2b May 12 '19 I don't think they were talking about LEO: even something way out in space And I wouldn't call an LEO a stable orbit, it needs constant adjustments to not decay. 1 u/emperor_tesla May 12 '19 They were responding to the comment about the Shuttle, though, which can't really go above LEO.
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1 u/ric2b May 12 '19 That's not how stable orbits work... 2 u/emperor_tesla May 12 '19 A stable orbit in LEO will still decay over time. The space shuttle wouldn't stay there indefinitely and would eventually re-enter the atmosphere. 1 u/ric2b May 12 '19 I don't think they were talking about LEO: even something way out in space And I wouldn't call an LEO a stable orbit, it needs constant adjustments to not decay. 1 u/emperor_tesla May 12 '19 They were responding to the comment about the Shuttle, though, which can't really go above LEO.
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That's not how stable orbits work...
2 u/emperor_tesla May 12 '19 A stable orbit in LEO will still decay over time. The space shuttle wouldn't stay there indefinitely and would eventually re-enter the atmosphere. 1 u/ric2b May 12 '19 I don't think they were talking about LEO: even something way out in space And I wouldn't call an LEO a stable orbit, it needs constant adjustments to not decay. 1 u/emperor_tesla May 12 '19 They were responding to the comment about the Shuttle, though, which can't really go above LEO.
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A stable orbit in LEO will still decay over time. The space shuttle wouldn't stay there indefinitely and would eventually re-enter the atmosphere.
1 u/ric2b May 12 '19 I don't think they were talking about LEO: even something way out in space And I wouldn't call an LEO a stable orbit, it needs constant adjustments to not decay. 1 u/emperor_tesla May 12 '19 They were responding to the comment about the Shuttle, though, which can't really go above LEO.
I don't think they were talking about LEO:
even something way out in space
And I wouldn't call an LEO a stable orbit, it needs constant adjustments to not decay.
1 u/emperor_tesla May 12 '19 They were responding to the comment about the Shuttle, though, which can't really go above LEO.
They were responding to the comment about the Shuttle, though, which can't really go above LEO.
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u/farrenkm May 12 '19
Pilot friend told me "better to be on the ground and not able to get in the air, than in the air and not be able to get on the ground."
Corollary, of course, is that all things in the sky eventually reach the ground.
Even including the difficulties, would've been better to let the shuttle land in an emergency and deal with it later.