Air Force mini-shuttle hits one year mark....

On Apr 11, 12:04*pm, bob urz wrote:

My theory is with the Military budget cuts, they defunded the ground
stations

They haven't shut down the AFSCN or TDRSS.

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

One could have great fun with one of those.
grin.
Brian

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On Apr 11, 12:04 pm, bob urz wrote:

My theory is with the Military budget cuts, they defunded the ground
stations

They haven't shut down the AFSCN or TDRSS.

On Apr 15, 7:02*am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

On Apr 16, 9:13*am, bob haller wrote:
On Apr 15, 7:02*am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

Interestingly the cargo bay of the X-37 is about the same size as the
payload bay of the X-20, and they considered the option of placing a
second man there.

On Apr 16, 7:39*pm, Chuck wrote:
On Apr 16, 9:13*am, bob haller wrote:

On Apr 15, 7:02*am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

Interestingly the cargo bay of the X-37 is about the same size as the
payload bay of the X-20, and they considered the option of placing a
second man there.

its one thing to ad a man for a half day flight, but far harder to add
space & consumablles for a manned flight of at least a month

On 4/16/2012 8:53 PM, bob haller wrote:
On Apr 16, 7:39 pm, wrote:
On Apr 16, 9:13 am, bob wrote:

On Apr 15, 7:02 am, "Brian wrote:

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

Interestingly the cargo bay of the X-37 is about the same size as the
payload bay of the X-20, and they considered the option of placing a
second man there.

its one thing to ad a man for a half day flight, but far harder to add
space& consumablles for a manned flight of at least a month

One month is doable. Try it for a year. Even if the consumables
were to be provided, imagine the basket case (that's going to be
the mode of transportation for the Astronaut) that you will be
getting back.


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