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End of an Era: The Space Shuttle program of NASA ends this month with the launch of the last space shuttle, and a final flight to the International Space Station. teamcenter As an icon of the space has celebrated the "Space Transportation System" will soon be placed 135 missions a wide variety of mission the day and ultimately in the first place the construction of the ISS.
In an interview with Tim Pritlove newsletter reports Volker Sobick, former deputy head of the manned space program at DLR, from its long-standing cooperation with NASA, has been fundamentally shaped by the Space Shuttle. Missions such as the Spacelab have brought together for the first time the German and American space programs and served as the basis of today's international cooperation. teamcenter
Subjects: German space program; Reasons for the start of the shuttle project; Technical structure of the shuttles; Power supply teamcenter for the payload; Working with the payload; the Buran; Re-entry and the heat shield of the Space Shuttle; Structural and technical problems teamcenter that led to the Challenger and Columbia disasters; Measures for the protection of the program; teamcenter Landing of the shuttle; Spacelab and modular payloads; Cooperation between Germany and NASA; Rescue systems; Cable car in the Space Shuttle; the future of human spaceflight at NASA; the moon as a base for future missions; Experience of a shuttle launch.
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A look back at the highs and lows of the Space Shuttle program of NASA end of an era: The Space Shuttle program of NASA ends this month with the start of the last ... This entry was posted in DLR, ESA Tim Pritlove. Bookmark the permalink.
The result was absolutely outrageous. I could go on for hours listening. Super lively conversation. Although it went off and something in depth, but not too much I think. Say the right place!
Thank you Tim! Was super interesting. This guest you could definitely still take a second podcast. I think he could shed light on the political side of space much more in detail.
If in the future there will be always smaller satellites, which should be important to the mass production. I recently read something from a femto-satellite (100 grams). Or the picosatellite BeeSAT teamcenter of the TU Berlin. Well that is not mass produced, but it could.
More information on "Escape Cable Car", also known as Emergency Egress System, NASA has here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/emer-egress.html. As part of the Re-equipment of both shuttle launch platforms and the rescue system will be modernized by the way: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/railcarevac.html
This here is getting better! Your questions, even the technical, meet exactly. Superb! In addition, very good publicity for European space. By no format has been in the past, the subject of space (it's a lot of tax money involved) as transparent. Thank you Tim.
- If the shuttle heat shield is to Hitzeverschlucker that supposedly absorbs the heat of re-entry ... - When the baskets teamcenter of evacuation funicular ride directly into a tunnel - If NASA supposedly start out as a great shuttle wanted, although in reality only the requirements of the AirForce cared for the large delta wing - There are actually a set of cables and remote control not only the plans for the shuttle, lying on the ISS ...
- Would have been If perhaps explains something is crossrange and why the shuttle so that its runway can only meet - It would address the unique capabilities of the shuttle repair mission to fly (Hubble) - You might have pointed to modernization times as Glass Cockpit
Have pity the grade talked to each other in the wake of the Space Shuttle two people where one no idea of space has (unfortunately teamcenter pervades all podcasts) and the second shone with half knowledge (particular problem with this episode) ...
@ Stephan: The way how you here your