Search Ships that fit inside the cargo bay of a space shuttle

[werdna]

I just think it would be cool to have some kind of small shuttle that I can launch up inside a space shuttle cargo bay. I know there's the HL-20, but is there anything else? Maybe with a better cockpit? Or with more fuel capacity?

 

[Pipcard]

I think there's NovaSilisko's MPOD-V.

 

[Loru]

Maybe it's not a shuttle but soyuz will fit surelly

 

[Urwumpe]

Maybe it's not a shuttle but soyuz will fit surelly

A few early Orion/EAS designs would also fit great into the Shuttle.

 

[werdna]

I think there's NovaSilisko's MPOD-V.

Where can I find this?
Edit:
Oh, hold on, I found it.

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A few early Orion/EAS designs would also fit great into the Shuttle.

Did someone make these?
Edit: For the space shuttle, I mean?

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What I'm really looking for is a shuttle inside a shuttle.

 

[Star Voyager]

Yo dawg, I heard you like space shuttles:

 

[Pipcard]

Astrotrain is already a Transformer.

On-topic: Doesn't the X-37 fit in the Shuttle? But it's unmanned.

 

[garyw]

This'll fit inside the shuttles bay -> [ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=1489"]HL-20 PLS/CERV v1.01[/ame] as will this -> [ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5197"]ISS Evacuation Shuttle UPDATE[/ame]

It's also fun to launch it from under the whiteknight and fly it around a bit

 

[Pipcard]

This'll fit inside the shuttles bay -> HL-20 PLS/CERV v1.01

It's also fun to launch it from under the whiteknight and fly it around a bit

Did you read the first post?

I know there's the HL-20, but is there anything else? Maybe with a better cockpit? Or with more fuel capacity?

 

[Izack]

Yo dawg, I heard you like space shuttles:

The first thing I notice is that I have both the big Lego shuttle and the Matchbox one on its back (and on top of that the vertical stabiliser is missing on mine too!) :blink:

X-37 would be a pretty tight fit!

 

[streb2001]

Greg Burch's Pocket Rocket might fit.

 

[N_Molson]

A Shuttle-PB ?

More than one, actually...

The Soyuz-in-Shuttle idea is interesting. There was maybe a possibility of partnership there. Soyuz could have been packed into the Shuttle, then sent back in Russia via an Antonov and refurbished for another flight. :hmm:

 

[Kyle]

Found that most of the Mir and Russian ISS segments fit nicely into the shuttle bay.

 

[Tacolev]

A Shuttle-PB ?

More than one, actually...

The Soyuz-in-Shuttle idea is interesting. There was maybe a possibility of partnership there. Soyuz could have been packed into the Shuttle, then sent back in Russia via an Antonov and refurbished for another flight. :hmm:

Another idea based around this theme:

A series of mishaps on Soyuz TM-5 nearly resulted in a separation of the reentry capsule without a deorbit burn having been performed, which would have meant certain death for the crew.

Fortunately this was averted, however in a similar scenario, a rescue shuttle could launch, rendezvous, and retrieve the capsule.

 

[asbjos]

But couldn't the solid rocket boosters on the Soyuz for the final descent slow the capsule down, so that it would re-enter the atmosphere, and then eventually land a little bit harder than normal with its parachutes?

 

[Urwumpe]

But couldn't the solid rocket boosters on the Soyuz for the final descent slow the capsule down, so that it would re-enter the atmosphere, and then eventually land a little bit harder than normal with its parachutes?

Thats a misconception. The small solid rocket boosters provide just about 5 m/s velocity change. Out of 7500 that you would need.

 

[Izack]

Thats a misconception. The small solid rocket boosters provide just about 5 m/s velocity change. Out of 7500 that you would need.

Last time I checked the PAO didn't have that kind of [math]\Delta_{v}[/math] either. Not more than a twentieth of it. :lol:

 

[werdna]

Yo dawg, I heard you like space shuttles:

I should have saw that coming!

Prometheus is great, but it doesn't fit inside a shuttle.

Think- suppose we build a second ISS or an ESS (but not an American Space Station :lol. Say the proposal is to build a small shuttle with enough fuel to ferry people from station to station every so often, but can also preform a re-entry.

Honestly though, I just think fitting a smaller craft in the payload bay of the shuttle is much more interesting (and really cool) than unloading just another module or telescope.

I guess I'm thinking about near future technology in a world where NASA had the guts to start construction on a new Space Shuttle to replace Atlantis (or something like that...).

 

[Columbia42]

If you wan't shuttles inside of shuttles, try stuffing some PBs or something into the cargo bay of the XR-5. You can fit quite a few!

Actually I only have four in there but I bet you could fit more on the second level of the bay.

 

[Keatah]

How many levels can we take this? A shuttle in a shuttle in a shuttle..