Quale è la pista più lunga al mondo?
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credo che la piu' lunga sia in california, alla Edwards Airforce Base, che pero' non e' asfaltata. La seconda per lunghezza e' al Kennedy Space Center in Florida, che e' asfaltata. Cmq mi sa che anche facendo il tour della NASA non ti portano a vedere la runway...Sorry
La domanda era per pura curiosità, ci sono cose più interessanti da vedere alla Nasa che una striscia di asfalto! Cmq avevo forse visto giusto 
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KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), first opened for flights in 1976, was specially designed for returning Space Shuttle orbiters. The SLF is located approximately three miles northwest of the huge Vehicle Assembly Building, with the launch pads only an additional three to four miles to the east. The runway is longer and wider than found in most commercial airports, yet comparable in size to runways designed for research and development facilities.
The paved runway is 15,000 feet long and 300 feet wide, with a 1,000-foot overrun on each end. Orbiters can land from either the northwest on Runway 15 or from the southeast on Runway 33.
In comparison, Orlando International Airport's longest runway is 12,004 feet long and 200 feet wide. The John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York has a runway nearly as long, 14,572 feet but much narrower at 150 feet. O'Hare International Airport in Chicago has a runway 13,000 feet long and 200 feet wide; and Miami International Airport's longest runway is 13,002 feet long by 150 feet wide.
In contrast, the other prime end-of-mission landing site, Edwards Air Force Base in California, has several dry lakebed runways and one hard surface runway on which an orbiter can land. The longest strip, part of the 44-square-mile Rogers Dry Lake, is 7.5 statute miles long. Concrete runways are generally preferred for night landings so the dust from the lakebed does not obscure the lighting.
Cmq se sei in florida il tour del KSC e' un MUST!!! buon divertimento
KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), first opened for flights in 1976, was specially designed for returning Space Shuttle orbiters. The SLF is located approximately three miles northwest of the huge Vehicle Assembly Building, with the launch pads only an additional three to four miles to the east. The runway is longer and wider than found in most commercial airports, yet comparable in size to runways designed for research and development facilities.
The paved runway is 15,000 feet long and 300 feet wide, with a 1,000-foot overrun on each end. Orbiters can land from either the northwest on Runway 15 or from the southeast on Runway 33.
In comparison, Orlando International Airport's longest runway is 12,004 feet long and 200 feet wide. The John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York has a runway nearly as long, 14,572 feet but much narrower at 150 feet. O'Hare International Airport in Chicago has a runway 13,000 feet long and 200 feet wide; and Miami International Airport's longest runway is 13,002 feet long by 150 feet wide.
In contrast, the other prime end-of-mission landing site, Edwards Air Force Base in California, has several dry lakebed runways and one hard surface runway on which an orbiter can land. The longest strip, part of the 44-square-mile Rogers Dry Lake, is 7.5 statute miles long. Concrete runways are generally preferred for night landings so the dust from the lakebed does not obscure the lighting.
Cmq se sei in florida il tour del KSC e' un MUST!!! buon divertimento
da DAB x KSC non fare la I4 ma vai giu sulla US1 ed in poco piu' di un ora sel al KSC, e se sei da quelle parti vai anche a Cocoa beach a vedere il Ron-John Surf shop. al KSC non perderti assssolutamente l' IMAX 1, "the drea is Alive" dove si vede anche l'italia dallo spazio, spettacolare.
Buon divertimento!!!!
Buon divertimento!!!!
Confermo che al tour di Cape Canaveral non ti fanno vedere la pista......ma onestamente è tutto talmente interessante che si sopravvive a questa mancanza.....
Non so se sia la più lunga ma anche l'isola di Pasqua ha una pista niente male, attrezzata per gli eventuali atterraggi d'emergenza dello shuttle.
non c'era anche una pista di un aeroporto in Arabia Saudita che è lunghissima?
poi c'è sempre quella dell'Area 51/Groom Lake, ma lì oltre ad aerei sperimentali atterrano (in verticale) gli UFO...
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poi c'è sempre quella dell'Area 51/Groom Lake, ma lì oltre ad aerei sperimentali atterrano (in verticale) gli UFO...
[:301]Edwards se non mi ricordo male sono circa 10km...
Non è asfaltata ma il fondo del terreno è talmente duro da rendere quasi inutile la asfaltatura...
Non è asfaltata ma il fondo del terreno è talmente duro da rendere quasi inutile la asfaltatura...