The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item funded for development.
You can see on this image, that the US flag was painted mirrored on the right/starboard side:
The “backwards” flag is actually part of the US Flag Code, which applies to spacecraft, aircraft, and even service members’ uniform insignia.
According to United States Army regulations, “The full-color US flag cloth replica is worn so that the star field faces forward, or to the flag’s own right.” The flag must always be positioned to look like it is flying forward, so it’s really all about perspective.
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/heres-why-us-flag-sometimes-appears-backwards
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is this my new favorite community??
you forgot ‘terribly inefficient’
I was going to add “and occasionally crashes into a fiery fireball killing everyone onboard” but that seemed too dark ;)
Pictured here doing a flippin sweet peel out
