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Yesterday I got fascinated by the camera recordings on the Atlantis Space Shuttle.
I have two questions which I cannot give an answer. Maybe some of you may help.
1) Lift off: we can assume the big ship has its center of mass in the geometrical center. The force if applied in the lower end (at the nozzles). This is a really unstable way to move something. In the first seconds of the lift off the wings cannot have any stabilizing effect, I think. Why doesn't the thing fall over ?
2) Back into the atmosphere. Meteorites become balls of fire when they fall into the atmosphere. Why doesn't the same happen to the boosters ?
I have two questions which I cannot give an answer. Maybe some of you may help.
1) Lift off: we can assume the big ship has its center of mass in the geometrical center. The force if applied in the lower end (at the nozzles). This is a really unstable way to move something. In the first seconds of the lift off the wings cannot have any stabilizing effect, I think. Why doesn't the thing fall over ?
2) Back into the atmosphere. Meteorites become balls of fire when they fall into the atmosphere. Why doesn't the same happen to the boosters ?
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