The Space Shuttle was sized off of a horse's ass

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake) 01/14/2014 at 12:30 • Filed to: PLANELOPNIK

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http://www.rosenblumtv.com/2009/07/what-d…

Pretty funny read.

TL;DR the SRBs had to go through rail tunnels, which are sized by rail gauge, which was based on wagon wheel width which the Romans designed to accommodate a horse's ass.

f86sabre > Jayhawk Jake 01/14/2014 at 12:36

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I used that one with my scout den a couple of weeks ago. James Burke had a good write up several years ago.

Goggles Pizzano > Jayhawk Jake 01/14/2014 at 12:48

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Doctor Shieldsy > Jayhawk Jake 01/14/2014 at 13:09

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Spoiler alert: False

Jayhawk Jake > Doctor Shieldsy 01/14/2014 at 13:19

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Eh. It's not strictly true, but there is some truth to it in the sense that initial sizing of things like railroads likely was based off of what we had before railroads.