07-30-2017, 05:13 PM
"sematics.. I don't recall mentioning boosters.. them things never got ear this far. But ok.."
Sigh...
"was a space shuttle main rocket re-entry"
The external fuel tank wasn't a rocket. It was a fuel tank. The boosters were the rockets that got it enough velocity to achieve orbit. The actual shuttle rockets (fed by the external fuel tank) were part of the shuttle and I have yet to see a video of a shuttle landing without its engines, so am assuming they didn't discard them over the Pacific. However, since you didn't take kindly to a polite and minor correction, I thought I'd just point that out.
Sigh...
"was a space shuttle main rocket re-entry"
The external fuel tank wasn't a rocket. It was a fuel tank. The boosters were the rockets that got it enough velocity to achieve orbit. The actual shuttle rockets (fed by the external fuel tank) were part of the shuttle and I have yet to see a video of a shuttle landing without its engines, so am assuming they didn't discard them over the Pacific. However, since you didn't take kindly to a polite and minor correction, I thought I'd just point that out.