Re: [pygame] space ships (Re: Misnamed threads (Re: Posting styles (Re: Text To Speech PYTTS)))

[Richard Goedeken <SirRichard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All space vehicles use staging; the space shuttle's are just on the side.  NASA 
also made the Saturn 5, don't forget.  The space shuttle is a poor investment 
but an incredibly high-performance vehicle and launch system.  It can lift 
almost as much as the Saturn 5 (including the orbiter) -- way more than any 
Russian vehicle. :)

Richard


Ian Mallett wrote:
> hmmm.
> I would not define the space shuttle as a space ship because it requires 
> an external fuel tank and two extra rockets to get into space.  In fact, 
> all of NASA's creations, then have not been rockets because they cannot 
> travel to and from space without incredible difficulty and sacrifice of 
> parts.