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Old April 28th 17, 12:54 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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OK, it's official. NASA has owned up to the claim by GAO that there
is no way they can have first flight of SLS/Orion in 2018, whether it
is manned or not.

NASA had been claiming that first flight would be in November of 2018.
However, they've now agreed that that is simply going to be
impossible. The ESA Service Module won't deliver until at least
August of this year and it will take a full year of integration and
test once it delivers before a complete Orion vehicle can be delivered
for SLS integration. They require at least four months of vehicle
integration at the Cape after they receive a complete Orion vehicle.

So even if the other schedule challenges (ground infrastructure,
mission support) evaporate, EM-1 won't launch until first quarter
2019. In actuality, NASA is not going to set a new schedule until
this September (at which point they'll know whether ESA met the August
delivery date).

Issues are even larger for a manned mission. I read recently that
NASA has a space suit problem (as in they don't have any that are
suitable). NASA currently has eleven working space suits, four of
which are on ISS and the rest of which are used to support those four
with test and such. After several hundred million dollars spent, NASA
has no follow-on suits. They trying to build something out of old
Space Shuttle suits to cover things in the interim.

Is this any way to run a high tech effort? This sounds like what I've
seen on all too many projects, where no one wants to admit to needing
a slide until they absolutely cannot avoid it and then they take the
minimum slide possible. What this means is nobody else can adjust
their development to a new longer schedule, so things get taken out to
make schedule then there isn't time to put them back when the slide
becomes official, so you get a death spiral of a thousand small cuts.


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Old May 17th 17, 12:36 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Bob Haller
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Default NASA Announces SLS/Orion Flight Slide

you dont realize the historic nature of all this. its right up there with watergate.....

will trump admit defeat or resign?

either way he is out of office.

mc masters tries to keep trump on track by having key words, to warn the president to stop before disclosing anything more dangerous.
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Old May 17th 17, 08:59 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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bob haller wrote:

you dont realize the historic nature of all this. its right up there with watergate.....


You don't realize that THIS IS NOT SPACE RELATED AND YOU SHOULD STFU.


will trump admit defeat or resign?

either way he is out of office.


Stop masturbating and put down the tweezers. Just how do you think
that's going to happen? He's pretty much impeachment-proof until
2020.


mc masters tries to keep trump on track by having key words, to warn the president to stop before disclosing anything more dangerous.


Bobbert is delusional.


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Old May 18th 17, 02:41 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Bob Haller
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trumps presidency will be over really soon....

the special proscuetor will distract trump for 6 to 9 months minimum..

this is as historic as nixon and watergate...

republicans are already talking impeachment, the republican support is under 38% and falling. the trump care health plan is a mess......

trumps next move will be former president.....
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Old May 18th 17, 03:16 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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bob haller wrote:

elide bobbert wet dream

Off topic. STFU.


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Old May 21st 17, 01:21 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Bob Haller
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Default NASA Announces SLS/Orion Flight Slide

On Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 5:56:37 AM UTC-4, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article ,
says...

trumps presidency will be over really soon....


Off topic.

Jeff


his issues can effect not only our entire country but the entire world. theres now suspicions he is has dimentia.

he could end all human life on our world, by starting a nuclear war........
 




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