On 7/08/2010 5:53 PM, Pat Flannery wrote:
On 8/5/2010 6:49 AM, Alan Erskine wrote:


You've gone absolutely ****ing NUTS!

No, that sounds like a very doable schedule to me also.
As to why everyone is so married to the Apollo CM shape is beyond me; it
leads to a very heavy heatshield, and really isn't needed for Earth
orbit only missions. A Soyuz shaped CM would make a lot more sense from
a internal-volume-to-weight viewpoint.

Pat


Big Gemini - half the weight per crewmember compared to the Apollo CM
and much more room as well.