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Title: Whither the Space Shuttle


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Whither the Space Shuttle
Roger D. Launius National Air and Space
Museum Smithsonian Institution
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What Do You do for an Encore after you have been
to the Moon?
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Early Space Shuttle Concepts
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A Creature of Compromise
  • Approved January 5, 1972, 5.15B price tag.
  • First flight April 12-14, 1981.
  • Space Shuttle to provide routine, inexpensive,
    reliable, access to space.
  • Next step in realizing vision of multi-planetary
    human presence.
  • Viewed as one-size-fits-all space access
    vehicle.
  • Was to position U.S. as central space access
    entity in world.

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Building the Shuttle
  • Intended to fly by 1978.
  • Two critical technological challenges
  • Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME)
  • Thermal Protection System (TPS)

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Space Shuttle Operations
  • 1981First flight of Columbia.
  • 1982Pres. Reagan declares Space Shuttle
    operational.
  • 1986Challenger accident at launch of 25th
    flight.
  • 1988Return to flight of shuttle.
  • 1995First docking at Russian Mir space station.
  • 1998STS-95, John Glenn flight.
  • 1998First orbital assembly of ISS.
  • 2003Columbia accident on reentry. Total of 113
    missions, 111 successful.
  • 2005Return to flight, STS-115.
  • 2011135 missions flown.

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Preparing for Launch
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Go for Launch
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Living and Working in Orbit
10
The EVA Experience
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Shuttle/Mir Program, 1995-98
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Tragedies Challenger 1986 and Columbia 2003
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Building the International Space Station
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Assessing the Shuttles Legacy
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