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NASA Safety Panel report released.
Jeff Findley wrote:
There are some rumblings that the Administration wants NASA to go with commercial vehicles for space access. This would seem to mean the end of the Orion program as we know it. I personally wouldn't go that far, but I would tell NASA that they need to launch Orion on a commercial vehicle and ditch Ares I. Does either Delta IV heavy or Atlas V heavy have the lifting capacity to carry Orion as presently designed into orbit? A lot of Orion's design capabilities were focused on the lunar mission, and it's probably over-capable for simple LEO missions to the ISS. Since ISS will probably only be operational till 2020, at that point you have a spacecraft with no obvious mission to perform unless you go to the Moon or decide to build a follow-up space station. Even just for ISS crewing it's important to get whatever you build up and flying in the near future so as to maximize its use before the ISS is retired. Otherwise it's probably pointless to build a new manned spacecraft, and you probably just want to buy more Soyuz rides from the Russians. If ISS is retired in 2015 instead, then this is really a waste of time - as by the time it's in service the ISS will be getting ready to be shut down. Pat |
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NASA Safety Panel report released.
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:32:39 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote: David Spain wrote: Saftey Panel: No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time. "But we have a new launch vehicle for you to consider." "We already have one...iz's very nice." "You do?" "I told him we already 'ave one." "Hee-hee-hee." "Well, can we come in and see it?" "NO! Now go away!" |
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