Shuttle-Super Heavy (RO in KSP 1.12)

I put the Shuttle and its External onto PEKKA's Super Heavy to celebrate the chopstick catch in IFT-5 (because I can't do the chopstick catch, so I decided to do this instead.
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[@danimorcos7226]

"...which im not going to be able to do" got a good laugh out of me

[@richardmcguffie105]

Fun video! Here's a cursed idea I just had: Shuttle on SLS! I know it makes no sense but I can see it in my mind already hahaha

[@RaizSpace]

I'm amazed I haven't done it yet. I guess we need to know the payload capacity.

[@richardmcguffie105]

It's such a crazy idea, but if you can figure out the payload capacity I would be fascinated to see a video on "Shuttle-SLS". Keep up the good work!

[@ASAVSP]

Incredible. Never seen anything so beautiful

[@itsjustluci2138]

I need to get around to making a spaceplane upper stage for superheavy 🤔

[@NateHotshot]

This is a sin and you know it. next up: superheavy, saturn v second stage and exploration upper stage.

[@debott4538]

An expendable upper stage for Superheavy is actually a good idea, imo.

[@RaizSpace]

Extended Saturn V second stage and Nuclear-Ion on top and you have a deal.

[@richardmcguffie105]

Also could superheavy lift the entire Shuttle stack, like this but including SRBs haha, would it have less or more ∆v?

[@RaizSpace]

Not if the SRBs are on the top - that's 2030 tons total and SH can't deal with that. Move the SRBs to the side of SH, though, and that might help.

[@richardmcguffie105]

Very interesting, thank you for responding to this silly hypothetical! :)

[@pedro16797]

I was half-joking yesterday that it would be funny to see how good a super heavy-EUS-Centaur could work for interplanetary injections. This was even more messed up lol

[@RaizSpace]

EUS is a bit small as a pure upper stage for SH and it can't fit in Starship. An extended Saturn V second stage, as another comment suggested, is a bit better.

[@alrightydave]

@@RaizSpaceyou could just remove the payload bay and have a normal adapter fairing on top of starship tankage

[@dciskey]

70t of water sounds like a nightmare of sloshing

[@anekdoche7055]

wait till you hear about propellant tanks

[@basila33]

this Frankestein's monster is the best for now. i love it!

[@wouter12wpp]

Would be fun to try swim in that 70 ton water. Should just need an oxygen mask, and something to escape the ball of water forming around you.

[@steamfire]

That shuttle stack was always ridiculously off center mass and drag

[@patrykmatyjasik979]

Doesn't kOS enable multi vessel control? That would be a funny challenge to catch SH this way

[@RaizSpace]

The vessels have to stay in render range of each other as far as I know.

[@bridishbirb]

i don't know whether this is cursed or not

[@Ionee-q4f]

awesome :D

[@mbmurphy777]

How does the space shutter look with raptor engines on it? How much smaller is the external tank?

[@RaizSpace]

Okay, maybe I have to do this.

[@caosking7869]

now i have a stupid idea: use Superheavy as the main tank for the space shuttle and replace the rs25 with raptor engines cuz methalox and on tank seperation fly superheavy back to the chopstickS

[@RaizSpace]

If Super Heavy is the main tank for the Shuttle, how does the Shuttle get to orbit after Super Heavy separates?

[@caosking7869]

@@RaizSpace that’s a very good question Mhhh You could place tanks in the space shuttle cargo bay

[@minus118]

So cursed

[@valmine7507]

how dare you

[@judet2992]

Oh god please no

[@misheebs]

why?

[@benjaminrickdonaldson]

why cant you catch super heavy!?

[@RaizSpace]

I'm sure PEKKA's working on it, but personally, while I can land stuff like Falcon 9 in Realism Overhaul, it's not to the precision that's required for this. I mean, I guess I could randomly manage it once, but not consistently. It would be easier with stuff like stock reaction wheels, full range throttling, or just having infinite fuel on at some point, of course.