Space Shuttle Interior Pics

[MikeFleming]

http://www.launchphotography.com/Endeavour_Flight_Deck.html

[Duck]

Those seats sure look comfy.

[MikeFleming]

Those seats were not built for lateral loading.

[Mike Croke]

Very cool. Thanks for the link.

[Patrick]

Those seats were not built for lateral loading.

So you can't drift it? What fun is that?

[turboj74]

The amount of switches and controls is mindboggling!

[MikeFleming]

^
Lots of stuff for a glider!

[Raven855]

Just imagine the drivers test and the parallel parking test!

[Duck]

Those seats were not built for lateral loading.


So no dogfighting?

[Raven855]

So no dogfighting?
So if you had some 50 cal Brownings mounted on the wings, when you fired would you out run the bullets?

[MikeFleming]

^
Eventually, Yes.

Assuming the vehicle was in motion, going in the same direction, had sufficient altitude, etc. Eventually the 50cal projectiles will reach the ground as gravity changes their path while the shuttle would travel further (assuming sufficient altitude, etc.).

What would be trick is to have the 50cal's mounted to fire out the rear and see how much farther the shuttle could glide with the extra "push" of thte guns firing. Probably best to test this over a large body of water.

[Patrick]

The sea of Oprah?

[Meotchh]

Probably best to test this over a large body of water.


Nah, I think we should test that over North Korea or Syria...

[MikeFleming]

Nah, I think we should test that over North Korea or Syria... Texas is much closer.