stackyFACTSIf you routinely complain about your oversized SUV’s terrible gas mileage, take deep solace in the fact that you are not actively flying a space shuttle.
If you routinely complain about your oversized SUV’s terrible gas mileage, take deep solace in the fact that you are not actively flying a space shuttle. NASA's magnificent orbital machines violently burned through roughly 11,000 pounds of solid fuel per second during liftoff. When you do the brutal math, the shuttle got an absolutely dismal seven inches to the gallon. Sure, it was going to space, but even your neighbor's lifted truck gets better efficiency than that fireball.
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