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Well as its quiet around these parts, here is some wild speculation. Say for
example a China/US consortium said, let us have the existing shuttle hardware cheap and we will fly them safely for half the cost, what would the US do? Brian -- Brian Gaff - Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please! |
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@blueyonder.co.uk says... Well as its quiet around these parts, here is some wild speculation. Say for example a China/US consortium said, let us have the existing shuttle hardware cheap and we will fly them safely for half the cost, what would the US do? No. The shuttles are the property of the US Government and are slated to be handed over to the Smithsonian. Plus, they're going to be handed over without SSME's since they will be flown on the shuttle derived heavy lift launch vehicle which was recently mandated by Congress/Administration. Jeff -- 42 |
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:43:33 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote: Well as its quiet around these parts, here is some wild speculation. Say for example a China/US consortium said, let us have the existing shuttle hardware cheap and we will fly them safely for half the cost, what would the US do? Say no. Shuttle can't fly without Complex 39 and JSC, which NASA won't hand over to anyone. Brian |
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On 10/26/2010 4:34 PM, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:43:33 +0100, "Brian Gaff" wrote: Well as its quiet around these parts, here is some wild speculation. Say for example a China/US consortium said, let us have the existing shuttle hardware cheap and we will fly them safely for half the cost, what would the US do? Say no. Shuttle can't fly without Complex 39 and JSC, which NASA won't hand over to anyone. And I'd hazard a guess that it would be far cheaper to start from scratch with a new design aimed at handling some subset of the tasks the Shuttle has been used for over the past 30 years, vs. trying to recreate the massive infrastructure needed to keep these old birds flying. But wait - that's kinda what SpaceX, etc., are already trying to do... Bob M. |
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On Oct 26, 7:08*pm, Bob Myers wrote:
* On 10/26/2010 4:34 PM, Brian Thorn wrote: On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:43:33 +0100, "Brian Gaff" *wrote: Well as its quiet around these parts, here is some wild speculation. Say for example a China/US consortium said, let us have the existing shuttle hardware cheap and we will fly them safely for half the cost, what would the US do? Say no. Shuttle can't fly without Complex 39 and JSC, which NASA won't hand over to anyone. And I'd hazard a guess that it would be far cheaper to start from scratch with a new design aimed at handling some subset of the tasks the Shuttle has been used for over the past 30 years, vs. trying to recreate the massive infrastructure needed to keep these old birds flying. But wait - that's kinda what SpaceX, etc., are already trying to do... Bob M. well someone with more money than brains could offer to pay for continued shuttle ops using the exsting infrastructure...... thus a private operation is born.... it would take boatloads of money but keep people working. |
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Brian Thorn wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:43:33 +0100, "Brian Gaff" wrote: Well as its quiet around these parts, here is some wild speculation. Say for example a China/US consortium said, let us have the existing shuttle hardware cheap and we will fly them safely for half the cost, what would the US do? Say no. Shuttle can't fly without Complex 39 and JSC, which NASA won't hand over to anyone. While very unlikely, it wouldn't be the first time the government has turned over government owned facilities for use by a private concern. Brian -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. |
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On Oct 27, 8:04*am, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote: Brian Thorn wrote: On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:43:33 +0100, "Brian Gaff" wrote: Well as its quiet around these parts, here is some wild speculation. Say for example a China/US consortium said, let us have the existing shuttle hardware cheap and we will fly them safely for half the cost, what would the US do? Say no. Shuttle can't fly without Complex 39 and JSC, which NASA won't hand over to anyone. While very unlikely, it wouldn't be the first time the government has turned over government owned facilities for use by a private concern. Brian -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. if a savior appeared to keep the shuttle flying not costing the government money they would be warmly welcomed with open arms......... anyone with that much money knows better |
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In article fd761866-02bc-4f51-b28b-dec1bdfcd091
@s4g2000yql.googlegroups.com, says... well someone with more money than brains could offer to pay for continued shuttle ops using the exsting infrastructure...... thus a private operation is born.... it would take boatloads of money but keep people working. NASA still would not bite. They have plans for the (soon to be former) shuttle infrastructure. Commercial shuttle operations would just get in the way of that. Jeff -- 42 |
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:04:51 -0400, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote: Well as its quiet around these parts, here is some wild speculation. Say for example a China/US consortium said, let us have the existing shuttle hardware cheap and we will fly them safely for half the cost, what would the US do? Say no. Shuttle can't fly without Complex 39 and JSC, which NASA won't hand over to anyone. While very unlikely, it wouldn't be the first time the government has turned over government owned facilities for use by a private concern. There are facilities and then there are FACILITIES. Hell will freeze before NASA hands JSC over to someone else. Complex 39, to a degree, I can see. They're already talking about letting someone use it commercially, but even then it was a separate (new) pad and the commercial concern would be a tenant, not the operator. That proposal has not and almost certainly will not go anywhere. Brian |
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