I had been thinking about the real human space programs. mainly about NASA (as far as I know, they are the most active) and how the last space shuttle retired recently. I thought about the concept (reusable cargo ship) and that makes sense. The method that they used does not. space shuttle My proof is that I (and I’m not the only one) tried to make the space shuttle in KSP (not the cargo bay, just the basic design) and it was NOT easy. First of all. the boosters are on the front (bottom) and so the shuttle flies upside down. Second. Because of this, the engines are at an angle, making the shuttle harder to fly. (I’m not sure if they can rotate or not, I don’t know anyone who worked on it). And last. If NASA went through the trouble of saving even the skeleton of the SRBs (solid boosters) or the fuel tank, they would save MILLIONS of dollars on every launch. The majority (sort of) of the shuttle isn’t reused. To give credit where it’s due, the shuttle is the most reusable spaceship we have right now. But there has to be a better way. I started working in KSP, and this is my result. The thing got into space with fuel to spare (not much though) mission control tricked bill into checking out the engine:D (*note* this is MUCH smaller than the real space shuttle) just heading back home... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand… SUCCESS!!! please comment on any thoughts you had while reading this (only the ones related to it please).
