For Me, Shuttle Comes Full Circle

Originally Posted by Brian Thorn[_2_]

On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:34:17 +0500, Hg wrote:


That's less behind schedule than the Airbus A400M, A380, Lockheed
F-22, F-35, and Boeing 787.

Wasn't the Shuttle supposed to dock with Skylab?

Not dock, but rendezvous and send the TRS robot over to dock with and
reboost it. But that was planned for circa 1980-81. At the time SkyLab
(launched 1973) was expected to remain in orbit in for ten years. It
actually deorbited in 1979 due to greater than expected atmosphere
expansion during that solar maximum. The Shuttle TRS mission kept
moving up in the schedule as SkyLab's orbital life contracted and
Shuttle's first flight slipped, until they finally passed each other
going in opposite directions.

Brian

It seems that the fact that you put some european aircraft first in your list
of delayed programs is not random ; in fact most recent us military programs
were behind schedule , seriously over budget , or cancelled : kiowa warrior
replacement , c-17 , v-22 osprey . We will see how the boeing tanker
evolves .

On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:34:15 +0000, michael rizk
wrote:


That's less behind schedule than the Airbus A400M, A380, Lockheed
F-22, F-35, and Boeing 787.

It seems that the fact that you put some european aircraft first in your
list of delayed programs is not random

No anti-Euro slant intended. It was originally just Airbus and Boeing,
then I added the fighters and just stuck them in ahead of the "and".
I forgot the V-22! The programs that were canceled for political
reasons (tankers, CSAR-X, Presidential helicopter) I wouldn't really
put in the same category as Shuttle, which was largely technical
delays. F-22 was probably a half and half.

Brian

Originally Posted by Brian Thorn[_2_]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:34:15 +0000, michael rizk




No anti-Euro slant intended. It was originally just Airbus and Boeing,
then I added the fighters and just stuck them in ahead of the "and".
I forgot the V-22! The programs that were canceled for political
reasons (tankers, CSAR-X, Presidential helicopter) I wouldn't really
put in the same category as Shuttle, which was largely technical
delays. F-22 was probably a half and half.

Brian

It is all right ; i am a little bit on the edge on this issue , after the assault
on airbus a few years ago .