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Apollo again, how about the booster?
"Ilpo Lagerstedt" wrote in message om... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ce_capsules_dc told today that Apollo style "capsule" would be Nasa´s new manned spacecraft. But how to get it to the orbit? The capsule is just one of the designs being looked at; no final decision yet. Whatever is built, it's supposed to fit on both the Atlas V and Delta IV. -Kim- |
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Apollo again, how about the booster?
"Kim Keller" wrote in message ...
"Ilpo Lagerstedt" wrote in message om... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ce_capsules_dc told today that Apollo style "capsule" would be Nasa´s new manned spacecraft. But how to get it to the orbit? The capsule is just one of the designs being looked at; no final decision yet. Whatever is built, it's supposed to fit on both the Atlas V and Delta IV. -Kim- Grazie. How big payload Atlas V or Delta IV can get to the orbit? I mean how many seats there will be in a new "capsule"? More than 3? I suppose those are not so powerful launch vehicles as were Saturn 1B and Titan 3 class rockets? Bestest, IL of FI |
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Ilpo Lagerstedt wrote: The capsule is just one of the designs being looked at; no final decision yet. Whatever is built, it's supposed to fit on both the Atlas V and Delta IV. Grazie. How big payload Atlas V or Delta IV can get to the orbit? I mean how many seats there will be in a new "capsule"? More than 3? I believe OSP has an explicit requirement to carry at least 4, at least in the lifeboat configuration. However, that doesn't mean it'll be twice the mass of a Gemini. The EELVs, especially Atlas V, have plenty of lift capability for reasonably-designed capsules. I suppose those are not so powerful launch vehicles as were Saturn 1B and Titan 3 class rockets? The Heavy configurations of the EELVs were explicitly required to roughly match the Titan IV. However, it would be desirable for a capsule to fit on the Medium configurations -- a bit bigger than the traditional Atlas -- and that ought not to be hard. -- MOST launched 1015 EDT 30 June, separated 1046, | Henry Spencer first ground-station pass 1651, all nominal! | |
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"Ilpo Lagerstedt" wrote in message om... "Kim Keller" wrote in message ... "Ilpo Lagerstedt" wrote in message om... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...=1&u=/nm/20030 917/sc_nm/space_capsules_dc told today that Apollo style "capsule" would be Nasa´s new manned spacecraft. But how to get it to the orbit? The capsule is just one of the designs being looked at; no final decision yet. Whatever is built, it's supposed to fit on both the Atlas V and Delta IV. -Kim- Grazie. How big payload Atlas V or Delta IV can get to the orbit? I mean how many seats there will be in a new "capsule"? More than 3? The smallest of the rockets a base Delta 4 can deliver 8400 kgs to ISS, this will go up some when it gets the MB-60 second stage. The Atlas is bigger at 12,000 kgs to ISS. The new capsule is supposed to seat 4. Gemini carried two people and weight less then 2000 kgs times 2 would be 4000 kg but it was very small. The British designed a 4 man with 500 kgs cargo or 8 man emergency capsule that weighed just over 7000 kg The Big Gemini proposal weighed 15,600 kg. It would have had an escape tower carried 9 people and 2500 kg of cargo. If you divide that by 2 you have 4 people and 1250 kg for about 8000 kgs. So even the smallest can launch a 4 man capsule. |
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