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Old December 4th 09, 05:49 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Michael Gallagher
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Default Inflatable Martian flyby spaceship

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:20:20 +0100 (CET), Dave U. Random
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How about scrapping Orion / Ares I and using Falcon 9 / Dragon to get
astronauts in orbit and subsequently using Ares V to haul a large
inflatable spaceship based on Bigelow-like TransHab modules into orbit?


They could use Dragon or a private capsule to get to orbit, but would
it work as a reentry behicle for a planetary mission? If not, NASA
might as well build Orion anyway, at least.


 




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