478K views · Apr 18, 2017 · 24:43 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2018–2021
Scott Manley tries a Space Shuttle Return To Launch Site abort in the Orbiter simulator without manuals or checklists. He explains how the maneuver works and where his attempt went wrong.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN links it to illustrate how the shuttle's never-flown RTLS abort profile would work.
“Scott Manley did a video a few years back explaining how this return profile works”HN comment, 2019
“Scott Manley of Kerbal Space Program/YouTube fame doing the”
Scott Manley attempts the shuttle RTLS abort in a simulator
Here's Scott Manley of Kerbal Space Program/YouTube fame doing the "Space Shuttle RTLS Abort Challenge - Without The Manual" - this video .
“Scott Manley did a video a few years back explaining how this return profile works”
Explains how the shuttle return-to-launch-site profile works, flown in Orbiter
Yeah, the major complication with the STS RTLS option is that the Shuttle had to keep the external fuel tank until after the return burn was completed (since the shuttle itself carried no propellant for the main engines). Scott Manley did a video a few years back explaining how this return profile works (and attempting to fly it in Orbiter) this video
“an abort procedure of the Space Shuttle that never was tried in real life”
Shuttle abort procedure never tried in real life, simulated in KSP
This reminds me an old video by Scott Manley of an abort procedure of the Space Shuttle that never was tried in real life. (He used a model in the Kerbal Space Program.) " Space Shuttle RTLS Abort Challenge - Without The Manual " this video
