On Mar 18, 11:40�am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
wrote:

:If the canceled Orion program is replaced by a multinational common
:capsule program that seeks to build a vehicle capable of being
:launched by Delta IV, Atlas V, Ariane, and H-IIB, what would be the
ptimum size and crew complement, and could elements of existing/
:canceled programs such as Constellation, ATV, and HTV be re-used?

It doesn't matter what the optimum size, etc, would be. �It would
never get built anyway. �The entire budget would get consumed in
wrangling about who built what parts and how much profit each country
got out of it.

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"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
� � � � � � � � � � � � � �-- Charles Pinckney

ONE or more countries should build the capsule and service module,
selling it at cost for all other partners.

and make it compatible with all available boosters.