Air Force mini-shuttle hits one year mark....

On Apr 11, 12:04*pm, bob urz wrote:

My theory is with the Military budget cuts, they defunded the ground
stations

They haven't shut down the AFSCN or TDRSS.

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

One could have great fun with one of those.
grin.
Brian

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On Apr 11, 12:04 pm, bob urz wrote:

My theory is with the Military budget cuts, they defunded the ground
stations

They haven't shut down the AFSCN or TDRSS.

On Apr 15, 7:02*am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

On Apr 16, 9:13*am, bob haller wrote:
On Apr 15, 7:02*am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

Interestingly the cargo bay of the X-37 is about the same size as the
payload bay of the X-20, and they considered the option of placing a
second man there.

On Apr 16, 7:39*pm, Chuck wrote:
On Apr 16, 9:13*am, bob haller wrote:

On Apr 15, 7:02*am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

Interestingly the cargo bay of the X-37 is about the same size as the
payload bay of the X-20, and they considered the option of placing a
second man there.

its one thing to ad a man for a half day flight, but far harder to add
space & consumablles for a manned flight of at least a month

On 4/16/2012 8:53 PM, bob haller wrote:
On Apr 16, 7:39 pm, wrote:
On Apr 16, 9:13 am, bob wrote:

On Apr 15, 7:02 am, "Brian wrote:

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

Interestingly the cargo bay of the X-37 is about the same size as the
payload bay of the X-20, and they considered the option of placing a
second man there.

its one thing to ad a man for a half day flight, but far harder to add
space& consumablles for a manned flight of at least a month

One month is doable. Try it for a year. Even if the consumables
were to be provided, imagine the basket case (that's going to be
the mode of transportation for the Astronaut) that you will be
getting back.


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On Apr 16, 11:23*pm, Daryl wrote:
On 4/16/2012 8:53 PM, bob haller wrote:





On Apr 16, 7:39 pm, *wrote:
On Apr 16, 9:13 am, bob *wrote:

On Apr 15, 7:02 am, "Brian *wrote:

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

Interestingly the cargo bay of the X-37 is about the same size as the
payload bay of the X-20, and they considered the option of placing a
second man there.

its one thing to ad a man for a half day flight, but far harder to add
space& *consumablles for a manned flight of at least a month

One month is doable. *Try it for a year. *Even if the consumables
were to be provided, imagine the basket case (that's going to be
the mode of transportation for the Astronaut) that you will be
getting back.

--http://tvmoviesforfree.com
for free movies and Nostalgic TV. *Tons of Military shows and
programs.

far better to send a robot.....a intelligent one

On 4/18/2012 3:39 PM, bob haller wrote:
On Apr 16, 11:23 pm, wrote:
On 4/16/2012 8:53 PM, bob haller wrote:





On Apr 16, 7:39 pm, wrote:
On Apr 16, 9:13 am, bob wrote:

On Apr 15, 7:02 am, "Brian wrote:

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

Interestingly the cargo bay of the X-37 is about the same size as the
payload bay of the X-20, and they considered the option of placing a
second man there.

its one thing to ad a man for a half day flight, but far harder to add
space& consumablles for a manned flight of at least a month

One month is doable. Try it for a year. Even if the consumables
were to be provided, imagine the basket case (that's going to be
the mode of transportation for the Astronaut) that you will be
getting back.

--http://tvmoviesforfree.com
for free movies and Nostalgic TV. Tons of Military shows and
programs.

far better to send a robot.....a intelligent one

That's like trying to send an intelligent Human. If you were all
that fired smart, would you be going there in the first place?

Robots or IA isn't very intelligent.

--
http://tvmoviesforfree.com
for free movies and Nostalgic TV. Tons of Military shows and
programs.

On Apr 18, 9:24*pm, Daryl wrote:
On 4/18/2012 3:39 PM, bob haller wrote:





On Apr 16, 11:23 pm, *wrote:
On 4/16/2012 8:53 PM, bob haller wrote:

On Apr 16, 7:39 pm, * *wrote:
On Apr 16, 9:13 am, bob * *wrote:

On Apr 15, 7:02 am, "Brian * *wrote:

as everyone now knows it exists, it seems a strange thing to do, to leave it
up there with no explanation. Was not the idea eventually to man one of
these drones?

not this version its too small. a later larger version perhaps

Interestingly the cargo bay of the X-37 is about the same size as the
payload bay of the X-20, and they considered the option of placing a
second man there.

its one thing to ad a man for a half day flight, but far harder to add
space& * *consumablles for a manned flight of at least a month

One month is doable. *Try it for a year. *Even if the consumables
were to be provided, imagine the basket case (that's going to be
the mode of transportation for the Astronaut) that you will be
getting back.

--http://tvmoviesforfree.com
for free movies and Nostalgic TV. *Tons of Military shows and
programs.

far better to send a robot.....a intelligent one

That's like trying to send an intelligent Human. *If you were all
that fired smart, would you be going there in the first place?

Robots or IA isn't very intelligent.

--http://tvmoviesforfree.com
for free movies and Nostalgic TV. *Tons of Military shows and
programs.

because the robot can go places the human cant, costs a fractin of the
cost of a human, cuts dramatically the costs of a entire mission. when
the robot fails no one mourns the loss of life.

science return is less but the program can contiinue operating near
forever.

beyond which the robot can be sterilized to prevent contamination....

On 4/19/2012 5:15 AM, bob haller wrote:

because the robot can go places the human cant, costs a fractin of the
cost of a human, cuts dramatically the costs of a entire mission. when
the robot fails no one mourns the loss of life.

science return is less but the program can contiinue operating near
forever.

Which can greatly increase the science gain over the human mission which
will be weeks at most.


beyond which the robot can be sterilized to prevent contamination....

Part of the reason the robot mission is so cheap is that there is no
need to return the robot to earth. (One-way human missions are
physically possible, but culturally impossible.) This also neatly
solves any (albeit remote) concern of bringing some plague back to earth.