Orion Justification

On 4/17/2010 10:04 AM, Jorge R. Frank wrote:

Neil, why are you continuing to ask questions that *you* *yourself*
provided answers for in your initial post?

Without a dedicated CRV, *all* the ISS Commercial Crew vehicles would
have the six-month stay requirement levied upon them. With a dedicated
CRV, that requirement is relaxed and the Commercial Crew vehicles would
only be required to perform short-term rotation.

SpaceX is already designing Dragon to be able to do that, for their
DragonLab commercial variant, so it doesn't really change anything for
them or add to Dragon's development costs.

Pat

On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:42:44 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote:


SpaceX is already designing Dragon to be able to do that, for their
DragonLab commercial variant, so it doesn't really change anything for
them or add to Dragon's development costs.

Big difference in reliability requirements, though. If a DragonLab
fails, SpaceX has a few unhappy customers. If DragonLifeboat fails, we
have dead astronauts.

Brian

Pat Flannery wrote:
That's certainly the situation in a nutshell. Soyuz has to be the
"Jeep" of spacecraft, it's not ideal for any particular task, but
incredibly adaptable and versatile enough to perform a whole
plethora* of missions fairly well.

* Triple word score...I think that is the second or third time I've
used that word in writing in my entire life. The sucker has just
been sitting around in the back of my vocabulary, getting more
covered in cobwebs and dust as the decades moved on. ;-)

If you practice with sufficient diligence you will discover a
veritable plethora of vernacular possiblities in podiatric repose with
which to embellish your inter-personal communications.

rick jones
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On 4/19/2010 9:26 AM, Rick Jones wrote:


If you practice with sufficient diligence you will discover a
veritable plethora of vernacular possiblities in podiatric repose with
which to embellish your inter-personal communications.

You can't fool me...you're William F. Buckley, aren't you?
AREN'T YOU?
I thought so.
But if you're here...then who's in the coffin?
It's Gore Vidal, isn't it Mr. Buckley?
ISN'T IT? ;-)

Pat