Perry updated his web site with a bunch of pictures I took
on our private space shuttle tour.

http://www.ductedfan.com

This one is interesting. The black cover is the fuel pipe cover.
Something like one swimming pool's worth of fuel goes through this
30 to 36 inch diameter pipe every second as I recall.

Now you know why they spend 500 million to a billion dollars 
of our tax money every time they launch this thing into orbit
to study the stability of flying bees in zero gravity :-)

Just think what affect 500 million dollars would have applied to 
research on the fuel consumption and durability of rotary 
aircraft engines.
 
The shiny hemisphere on the left is the ball and socket joint
that connects the huge shuttle to the even bigger fuel tank.

Paul Lamar
 
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