Not too late for more Shuttle flights

Dissent in the ranks for General Bolden of Star Command!
No matter what Obama wants, they can still fly more Shuttles:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100310extend/
As to what those Shuttle flights are supposed to carry up to the ISS,
that's a good question.
Well, we could replace the troublesome **** extractor toilet I imagine.
And can you ever have "too many" cupolas?

Pat

On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:24 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote:

Dissent in the ranks for General Bolden of Star Command!
No matter what Obama wants, they can still fly more Shuttles:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100310extend/
As to what those Shuttle flights are supposed to carry up to the ISS,
that's a good question.

Four more MPLMs full of cargo, with a few external spares will really
go a long way until Dragon and Cygnus can get up to speed.

Brian

From the article:

/quote
President Obama plans to visit Florida's Space Coast in April for a conference
to discuss his administration's new approach to manned spaceflight.

"A foundational element of this new strategy is to invest in the development
of a targeted set of inter-related technologies and capabilities that can help
us travel from the Earth's cradle to our nearby solar system neighborhood in a
more effective and affordable way, thus laying the foundation to support
journeys to the Moon, asteroids, and eventually to Mars," the White House said
in a statement."
/end quote

Might I suggest Astral Projection?

:-)

Dave

"Brian Thorn" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:24 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote:

Dissent in the ranks for General Bolden of Star Command!
No matter what Obama wants, they can still fly more Shuttles:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100310extend/
As to what those Shuttle flights are supposed to carry up to the ISS,
that's a good question.

Four more MPLMs full of cargo, with a few external spares will really
go a long way until Dragon and Cygnus can get up to speed.

Brian

Assuming they do, you mean. I'd go with ULA and a variant of Orion by L-M.
At least all the Orion work L-M did wouldn't go to waste. (Assuming also
that Congress doesn't require an independent Government launch capability to
LEO as part of the price for going along with this...plan)

OM wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:24 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote:

As to what those Shuttle flights are supposed to carry up to the ISS,
that's a good question.

...Some makeshift MLPMs, most likely.

Why makeshift? We've still got perfectly functioning ones.



OM

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Greg Moore
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On Mar 11, 7:37�am, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote:
OM wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:24 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote:

As to what those Shuttle flights are supposed to carry up to the ISS,
that's a good question.

...Some makeshift MLPMs, most likely.

Why makeshift? �We've still got perfectly functioning one

Yeah NASA is going to get exactly what they wanted from the beginning,
more shuttle flights, most likely till it kills again

On 3/10/2010 9:39 PM, David Spain wrote:

"A foundational element of this new strategy is to invest in the development
of a targeted set of inter-related technologies and capabilities that can help
us travel from the Earth's cradle to our nearby solar system neighborhood in a
more effective and affordable way, thus laying the foundation to support
journeys to the Moon, asteroids, and eventually to Mars," the White House said
in a statement."
/end quote

Might I suggest Astral Projection?

We must travel via The Mother Wheel, but Ol' Whitey won't be along for
this trip, nor will those damn Jews:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_...el.27s_W heel

Pat

"Brian Thorn" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:24 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote:

Dissent in the ranks for General Bolden of Star Command!
No matter what Obama wants, they can still fly more Shuttles:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/100310extend/
As to what those Shuttle flights are supposed to carry up to the ISS,
that's a good question.

Four more MPLMs full of cargo, with a few external spares will really
go a long way until Dragon and Cygnus can get up to speed.

True. Spare parts and extra supplies would be a good thing to stockpile on
location at ISS.

There is already a plan to leave one MPLM at ISS. I wonder if NASA has
considered modifying more than one MPLM for permanent attachment at ISS and
where it could be permanently berthed.

Jeff
--
"Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
Lampoon

"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message
...
OM wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:24 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote:

As to what those Shuttle flights are supposed to carry up to the ISS,
that's a good question.

...Some makeshift MLPMs, most likely.

Why makeshift? We've still got perfectly functioning ones.

I thought OM was referring to the MPLM contents, not the MPLM's themselves.
I'm sure that there is a huge list of items that NASA would like to launch
to ISS (spares, supplies, and etc.) so filling the MPLM's with useful
payload shouldn't be a problem.

Jeff
--
"Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
Lampoon

Jeff Findley wrote:

I thought OM was referring to the MPLM contents, not the MPLM's
themselves. I'm sure that there is a huge list of items that NASA
would like to launch to ISS (spares, supplies, and etc.) so filling
the MPLM's with useful payload shouldn't be a problem.

Jeff

And I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to be able to return some stuff back also.

It also reduces reliance on the Russians for carrying our crew up.

(Of course one could dream about finally completing and flying the CAM. :-)
--
Greg Moore
Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC.