| A | B |
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| Where does the shuttle fly? | Low Earth Orbit (NO WHERE NEAR THE MOON!) |
| What color is the sky in space at high noon? | Black (all the time) |
| What part of the shuttle is NOT reused? | External Tank (ET),  |
| Where do the Solid Rocket Boosters wind up so they can be retreived? | They parachute into the Atlantic Ocean,  |
| Why are orbiting astronauts weightless? | They are falling in a curved path around the Earth |
| If the orbiter is falling, why doesn't it hit the Earth? | Because it is going 17,500 mph and the Earth is curved |
| Where are shuttles launched? | KSC in Florida,  |
| Where are shuttles controlled? | JSC in Houston, Texas |
| What would happen if you drop your ball point pen while in orbit? | The pen would stay in place |
| In what direction do most spacecraft launch? | East (direction of Earth's rotation) |
| What spaceship flew America to the Moon? | Saturn V (Saturn 5) in the Apollo Program,  |
| What vehicle actually landed on the Moon? | The Lunar Lander or Lunar Exploratory Module (LEM),  |
| What satellites allow us to find where we are and where we are going on Earth? | GPS satellites (24 of 'em) |
| What does GPS stand for? | Global Positioning System |
| Why are geostationary satellites important? | They stay above the same spot so you can always point your satellite dish toward them |
| How many times has the shuttle gone to the Moon? | NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! |
| What Apollo Mission had a big accident on the way to the Moon? | Apollo 13,  |
| What is the only part of the Saturn V moon rocket that did not burn up or get left on the Moon? | Command Module (shown here after parachuting into the ocean),  |
What has happened to Neil Armstrong's first footprint he left there 40 yrs ago?,  | Nothing! The Moon has no air, no wind, no water, no earthquakes!, |
| How does the Shuttle get from the VAB to launch pad 39A or 39B?, | Crawler/Transporter,  |
