1. A Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) weighs approximately
2,500 pounds 15,520 pounds 7,000 pounds 850 pounds
2. The Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) contains how many primary engines?
6 22 14 8
3. The length of an SRB hold-down bolt is
36 inches 28 inches 19 inches 62 inches
4. The dry weight of an External Tank is approximately
15,250 pounds 2,500 pounds 6,200 pounds 60,000 pounds
5. SSME #2 fires at what point in the countdown?
T-31 seconds T-6.6 seconds T-6.48 seconds T-0
6. The maximum of flight crew and passengers a shuttle can carry is
7 9 10 15
7. The maximum orbital apogee of a Shuttle, in statute miles, is
350 425 600 690
8. The three subspecies of the Black Racer, or Black Snake, are Coluber constrictor paludicola, Coluber constrictor helvigularis, and
Coluber constrictor truncatus Coluber constrictor aegyptae Coluber constrictor habilus Coluber constrictor priapus
9. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge covers
1,500 acres 15,000 acres 140,000 acres 256,000 acres
10. The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 was reauthorized by Congress in what year?
1982 1994 1996 2002
11. The Shuttle General Purpose Computer (GPC) is a descendant of what computer?
Apple IIE DEC VAX IBM 360 SGI O2
12. The GPC software is written in what programming language?
BASIC PL-1 HAL/S JavaScript
13. How many Multiplexer/Demultiplexers are aboard an orbiter?
5 12 23 128
14. The hypergolic fuel used on the Shuttle is
Ammonium perchlorate Nitrogen tetroxide Hydrochloric acid Monomethyl hydrazine
15. A Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) contains how much solid propellant?
7,500 pounds 25,000 pounds 521,000 pounds 1.1 million pounds
16. What is the specific impulse of an SRB at sea level?
125 seconds 242 seconds 256 seconds 525 seconds
17. Launch Complex 39 was first used for what NASA program?
X-15 Mercury Gemini Apollo
18. SSME's are what sort of engines?
Reaction Adiabatic Turbine Reciprocating
19. John Young was the pilot of STS-1.
True False
20. Which NASA center is responsible for Shuttle mission operations?
ARC KSC JPL JSC
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