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Imagine Being the Engineer to First Propose This Idea
Sure, We Can Just Piggyback It . . .

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I'd be curious to know if it was an original idea or if they took inspiration from the German "Mistal" planes of WWII.

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I'd be curious to know if it was an original idea or if they took inspiration from the German "Mistal" planes of WWII.

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Dunno. I believe it was also in James Bond Moonraker.
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Dunno. I believe it was also in James Bond Moonraker.
That was hilarious. In the movie the fired up the orbiter's thrust engines and toasted the piggyback jet. I watch that and wonder, where is the orbiter getting fuel from?
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Dunno. I believe it was also in James Bond Moonraker.
That was unrealistic. Piggybacking a fully-fueled shuttle, so that the scenario in the movie would be akin to a "shuttle-jacking"...
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That was unrealistic. Piggybacking a fully-fueled shuttle, so that the scenario in the movie would be akin to a "shuttle-jacking"...
It didn't have the booster rockets or the big fuel tank. Babes too
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I don't know. Define the problem as needing to be able to move Shuttles around. Seems like a logical solution to me. Could have built a huge dirigible, I suppose.
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I don't know. Define the problem as needing to be able to move Shuttles around. Seems like a logical solution to me. Could have built a huge dirigible, I suppose.
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Previous and latter examples show it works.
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In the slide show, in addition to the awe in the faces of the people on the ground, can you also detect an ample helping of pride?
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In the slide show, in addition to the awe in the faces of the people on the ground, can you also detect an ample helping of pride?
Nothing wrong with "ample helping of pride". I sure would have loved to watch, with cameras mounted.
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They've been piggybacking aircraft for a long time for one reason or another.

This is my favorite shot of Discovery's last voyage, though, take at Joint Base Andrews:
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They've been piggybacking aircraft for a long time for one reason or another.
It's better than towing it. That would be a sight to see.
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