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Post by altair4 on Feb 28, 2008 19:08:37 GMT -4
Buran and Saturn V are my favourites
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Post by JayUtah on Feb 28, 2008 19:17:06 GMT -4
To be picky, there's a difference between a spacecraft and a launch vehicle. Saturn V is a launch vehicle.
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Post by altair4 on Feb 28, 2008 19:41:43 GMT -4
alright then Saturn V launch vehicle,CSM,LM, combo
to be more precise Buran and Apollo 11
are my favourites
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Post by HeadLikeARock (was postbaguk) on Feb 28, 2008 20:37:31 GMT -4
Spaceship One. Fantastic!  |
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Post by Ginnie on Feb 28, 2008 20:52:18 GMT -4
Spaceship One. Fantastic! It's just that fancy paint job.  |
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Post by Ian Pearse on Feb 29, 2008 9:02:12 GMT -4
Lunar module, what else? Looks like it was cobbled together from bits and pieces, gawky, ungainly but, boy, did it do the job! ;D |
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Post by sts60 on Feb 29, 2008 12:17:02 GMT -4
I'm a little partial to this fellow, shown tagging along on the end of the Orbiter's arm:  |
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Post by JayUtah on Feb 29, 2008 17:58:01 GMT -4
Like STS60, things I work on are a kind of favorite. The Hughes 601HP and Delta III come to mind, although they wouldn't qualify as anyone else's favorite. The 601 design evolved into Boeing's 701. And there's my little sister's picosatellite that I helped her build.
For me, the favorite manned spacecraft is the Apollo lunar module. From the engineer's perspective it's perfect. It's not awkward or ungainly, but perfectly proportioned and arranged for space flight. It's a pure design, providing everything you need and nothing you don't. It did its job, and did it perfectly.
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