A question about the space shuttle
Why didn’t we just put an orbiter on each side of the external tank? It would have balanced the overall spacecraft and made it more stable. Hell, I even did the math. External Tank Mass: 760,000 kg Orbiter Mass: 110,000 kg RS-25 Engine Thrust: 1,860 kN SRB Thrust: 15,000 kN Firstly, each orbi
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