Shuttle Landing Speed Question

[KJ_Lesnick]

Why does the shuttle have such a high landing speed (220 kts about)?

The plane has thick wings with blunt leading-edges, and being a double-delta, yields substantial vortex-lift effects, and and it has no fuel onboard...


Kendra Lesnick

 

[Michel Van]

... and has the aerodynamic of Brick

one reason is the shuttle is the heavy glider in world with 86084 kg
an nother reason for landing with 340 km/h is no engine and flaps on delta wing.