/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9967012
>Why the fuck don't we just bring the Space Shuttles back into commission?
They killed an inconveniently large number of astronauts.

>>7149018
>OK Op think about it like this, if you were an astronaught, would you really feel safe on a rocket that was "expendable" ? If they never needed to bring the rocket back or use it again, they just tossed it into the ocean or whatever when it was done, surely it would be made less safe than a vehicle meant to be re-used that would have to endure many flyings.

Lots of things that sound workable in theory turn out to be unworkable in practice. Like a reusable spacecraft.

>'m pretty sure that the expense was worth it in creating a safe rocket ship like the Space Shuttle, its just middle-management and an unfortunate cascade of bad decisionmaking by old tenured engineers who really shouldn't be working at NASA anymore that lead to it becoming notorious as a Crew Killer.

They tried and they failed. Twice.

>>6686896

If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we put a man in orbit?

>>6660328

He's angry that all of Elon Musk's crazy bullshit turned out to be literally true, while NASA had a commanding lead but somehow managed to piss it all away.