1. Extreme temps? Isn't that kind of ironic, considering that's what the thing was built for? I mean, it goes from the vacuum of space to 2300F on reentry, sooo...yeah.
2. A 747 across the country below 10,000 ft? No wonder it costs so much move that thing.
Pretty cool, though. Reminds me a lot of a lego set I used to have
At least they are doing it all in the horizontal plane. Look at when the mate the orbiter to the stack. The cranes take it from a horizontal position, to a vertical one, and then move it to the tanks, to be mounted.
I remember back when I was in third grade or so circa 1977, watching a free glide test launch from the back of the 747 of the Enterprise. That was way cool.
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