the space shuttle: a look back and a look ahead aerospace education presentation arlington composite...
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The Space Shuttle:A Look Back and A
Look AheadAerospace Education Presentation
Arlington Composite Squadron16 November 2011
Goals for tonightReview the history of the Space Shuttle Program
Understand the components of the Space Transportation System
Talk about successes and failures
Discuss what the Space Shuttle Program has meant and what the future may bring for U.S space flight
HistoryA 1972 concept!
The Nixon administration sought the next step for the U.S. space program
Mars was too expensive
Decided on a reusable spacecraft for low earth orbit
Launch Sites
Launch Complex 39Kennedy Space Center, FL
Space Launch Complex 6Vandenberg AFB, CA(Never Used)
Landing Sites
Shuttle Landing FacilityKennedy Space Center, FL
Rogers Dry Lake BedEdwards AFB, CA
White Sands Space HarborWhite Sands, NM(Used once)