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Buy the SRBs
Someone ought to buy up all the shuttle SRB segments so they can be re-
filled and then sold to Bigelow to launch his habitats. Dont bother with parachutes or such nonsense, re-using them was always more for PR than for any savings. With nobody else to buy the propellant, you ought to be able to get it for a good price too. |
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On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:39:27 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote: Someone ought to buy up all the shuttle SRB segments so they can be re- filled and then sold to Bigelow to launch his habitats. You'd have to put a second stage on top of one, and the second stage ends up being not much smaller than a Delta IV or Atlas V, as we saw with Ares I. Dont bother with parachutes or such nonsense, re-using them was always more for PR than for any savings. It was actually for safety, so engineers could examine them post-launch, spot problems and take corrective actions. Brian |
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On Feb 9, 11:55*pm, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:39:27 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch wrote: Someone ought to buy up all the shuttle SRB segments so they can be re- filled and then sold to Bigelow to launch his habitats. You'd have to put a second stage on top of one, and the second stage ends up being not much smaller than a Delta IV or Atlas V, as we saw with Ares I. Dont bother with parachutes or such nonsense, re-using them was always more for PR than for any savings. It was actually for safety, so engineers could examine them post-launch, spot problems and take corrective actions. Brian Thee are smaller second stages available. A Bigelow module wouldnt take too much |
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On Feb 10, 12:02*am, Frogwatch wrote:
Thee are smaller second stages available. *A Bigelow module wouldnt take too much Based on what info? Do you know how much a Bigelow module weighs? What other second stages are "available"? What would be the cost of the development of this new vehicle? Why not just use an existing vehicle? It would be cheaper |
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On Feb 9, 11:55�pm, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:39:27 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch wrote: Someone ought to buy up all the shuttle SRB segments so they can be re- filled and then sold to Bigelow to launch his habitats. You'd have to put a second stage on top of one, and the second stage ends up being not much smaller than a Delta IV or Atlas V, as we saw with Ares I. Dont bother with parachutes or such nonsense, re-using them was always more for PR than for any savings. It was actually for safety, so engineers could examine them post-launch, spot problems and take corrective actions. Brian yeah they were very proactive before challenger reuse sounded nice, and added safety risks. |
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