SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -NASA’s space shuttle was the world’s first reusable spacecraft. It launched like a rocket and returned to Earth like a glider, landing like an airplane on a long concrete runway. It was designed to carry large payloads-such as satellites-into orbit and bring them back, if necessary, for repairs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Space Shuttle is the world’s first reusable spacecraft, and the first spacecraft in history that can carry large satellites both to and from orbit. The Shuttle launches like a rocket, maneuvers in Earth orbit like a spacecraft and lands like an airplane.

Detailed explanation-3: -Science from the space shuttle helped open Earth’s eyes to the cosmos and sister planets. It created perhaps the most detailed topographical map of Earth. And it even is helping doctors understand, and sometimes fix, what’s happening in our aging and ailing bodies.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Benefits of Reusable Rockets Unsurprisingly, it’s much cheaper to refurbish and relaunch a rocket than it is to build a new one – it can be up to 65% cheaper, with a 30x lower cost overrun. Reusable rockets also use less fuel than their expendable counterparts, making them comparatively better for the environment.

Detailed explanation-5: -The RLV’s reusable nature means saving a large part of the cost involved in building new rockets. With this enhanced capability, ISRO could expect higher revenues by launching more low-earth orbit satellites per year, promising to attract more domestic and foreign clients for satellite launches.