It does not carry enough propellant to leave Earth orbit and travel to the Moon. The Shuttle also is not designed to land on the Moon since it lands like an airplane and the Moon has no atmosphere.
The Shuttle could be used to carry pieces of Moon or Mars vehicles to low-Earth orbit, where they could be assembled prior to beginning their mission. How do astronauts in space go to the bathroom and take care of their personal hygiene? Astronauts brush their teeth just like they do on Earth.
There is no shower on the Shuttle, so astronauts must make do with sponge baths until they return home. Each Space Shuttle has a toilet that can be used by both men and women. Designed to be as much as possible like those on Earth, the units use flowing air instead of water to move waste through the system.
Solid wastes are compressed and stored onboard, and then removed after landing. Wastewater is vented to space, although future systems may recycle it, such as they do on the Space Station Mir.
The air is filtered to remove odor and bacteria and then returned to the cabin. What is the temperature in space? Temperatures in space depend on whether the thermometer is in sunlight or darkness.
Near the Earth and the Moon, objects in direct sunlight can heat up to temperatures of about degrees F degrees C. In the shade, objects can cool down to around degrees F degrees C.
This extreme range is the reason why the thermal designs of spacecraft and space suits are so important. How much does a spacecraft weigh when it is in space? An object in space is said to be in a state of weightlessness, although its original mass remains the same.
Mass can be understood as a measurement of inertia, the resistance of an object to be set in motion or stopped from motion. Objects in space near the Earth, the Moon, or other large bodies retain a small amount of weight due to the tiny amount of planetary gravity that continues to pull on them.
However, orbital motion reduces this condition to an extremely low level of gravity known as microgravity about one-millionth of the normal gravity we feel at the Earth's surface. When an object is in orbit about a large body like a planet, it is traveling just fast enough to fall in a continuous curved path around the planet, without flying off or falling down to the planet's surface.
This free fall results in microgravity. Thus, when a Shuttle crew wants to land, they fire the Shuttle's engines directly into its forward path, slowing the Shuttle enough that it drops out of orbit.
Close to the Earth, the wispy upper atmosphere drags on some satellites enough through friction that the satellites must be boosted periodically into higher orbits. Most spacecraft that are sent on long voyages to other planets are actually in a looping orbit around the Sun during their long outward trips. How can I watch a Shuttle launch in person? Can I get a car pass?? Therefore, we cannot accept any requests for future launches at this time. What space vehicles went to Uranus?
How do space vehicles travel outside solar system? Why do space vehicles heat up when they enter the atmosphere? How long does it take the space shuttle to get to the moon? How long did it take astronauts to reach the moon?
Quite a good start for this probe, which was on its way to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt at the time. Hence, it was probably still accelerating long after it had placed the Moon in its rear view mirror assuming it had one. On December 5th, , an unmanned test of the Orion capsule took place, officially known as Exploration Flight Test 1.
During the course of the flight, EFT-1 reached speeds of up to 8. At this velocity, an Orion mission could conceivably make it to the Moon at an average distance of , km in nearly 12 hours. Obviously, adjustments will have to be made for weight since it will need a crew , and deceleration. So, when space tourism begins mounting sight-seeing tours or missions to the Moon, they will have a few options. They could offer long cruises, gently gliding to the Moon using ion engines to slowly let the tourists take in the views.
Or they could opt for the exhilarating rocket ride of a lifetime, blasting tourists off into space and whipping them back in just a day or two. Hard to say which one people would prefer, but surely there are many who would pay handsomely for the opportunity. We Have written many interesting articles about the Moon here at Universe Today. Podcast audio : Download Duration: — 2.
Podcast video : Download A chemical propulsion system, on the other hand, would do, however, that means adding fuel onboard which increases the mass again, and means a longer period to build up acceleration.
Of necessity, this TLI would result in anything but a free-return trajectory, of course, and breaking to slow for lunar orbital insertion would require just as rough and an even more sustained burn that would begin while while still nearly ten lunar radii distant from the closest passage over the to meridian — and end minutes before Loss of Signal, and in lunar orbit watching, an earthset. Either way, the tolerances clearly exceed the comfort and fuel requirements of any craft ever constructed, but, hey, the exposure to Van Allen radiation, solar protons and cosmic rays would certainly be reduced!
It would be a the ride of a lifetime. On second though, scratch that lunar meridian number. That is, of course, not correct. And forgive the typos. Those onboard would, therefore, end up waiting and waiting for any significant thrust to get moving close to the necessary speeds required, and by that time their patience would have run out.
That means additional mass, which means build-up times are longer again, which means bored-to-death dead tourist s that never even get close to the Moon in sutiable times that they can endure. There are plenty of things worth seeing in our own galaxie that could be easily glimpsed while on the way.
Modern astronomy is incredible! By the time I was done looking at Earth, the next day would be spent looking at the moon and visa versa. We should be ashamed of that American trait!!!!! Fraser and Ian, thanks for this insightful article, but it would be nice if someone were to suggest a practical schedule for getting to the moon. Traveling at more than 1. Of course, the best and fastest way to get to the moon would be to simply build very powerful and long range transporter beams grin.
One G accleration to the midway point takes about 1. This assumes we could turn off the engine and rotate the ship quickly at the midway point, with the passengers being weightless then. I think we need use use mini nuclear power or something new.
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