Posted on 04/11/2019 12:41:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Lockheed Martin is unveiling new designs for a human lunar lander concept that can take people to and from the lunar surface. And the company says it can be ready within the next five years....
The vehicle consists of two elements: a lander portion that can travel down to the ground, and an ascent vehicle that can lift astronauts off the Moon’s surface. The lander is meant to travel to and from a new space station that NASA wants to build around the Moon called the Gateway. If all of these elements are created, astronauts would travel to the Gateway from Earth and then take the lander from the station to the Moon. The ascent vehicle would then bring them back to the station.
This new lander is separate from another lander concept that Lockheed revealed last year at the International Astronautical Congress. That design called for a much heavier, reusable lander that could take astronauts to the Moon and back in one piece — without the need of a separate ascent element. But...Lockheed has been working on a design that could be developed much more quickly.
A big advantage of this new Lockheed lander concept is that the company won’t be building the vehicle completely from scratch. Many of the elements needed for the vehicle are derived from Orion, a crew capsule that Lockheed has been working on for the last decade. Orion, which is nearing its first flight, is meant to fly astronauts into deep space and dock with the Gateway in the future. Some of the same materials and systems used in Orion could be incorporated into this new lander, such as a lot of the internal equipment, flight computers, life support systems, and more.
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Agree!
The Japanese supposedly are going to try that on the lunar surface.
Just curious how such an interesting topic devolves so quickly into a race rant.
And upgrade from windows xp.
YES!!! Never mind that Aerospace Engineering is a legitimate discipline, while social engineering is just refried totalitarianism.
Agree, except perhaps the last sentence. Doubt if that was the reason but certainly is one of the consequences.
Waited 50 years for this?
The only thing different about this is it may have been designed by Ralph Lauren...
You’re a curios guy!
That's not a video screen. That's a window over the kitchen sink.
*ping*
Assuming the US government is going to start efforts to return to the moon, how long untill the raedical left file legal cases to block it?
—Spend money on refugees/migrants instead?
—Block for Green/globull warming concerns?
—claim the effort is racist, sexist, homophobic, etc.
—Add your objection
“....social engineering is just refried totalitarianism. ...”
with a smiley face!
Perhaps you mean this one:
"Whitey on the Moon"
-Gil Scott HeronA rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause Whitey's on the moon)
No hot water, no toilets, no lights.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
I wonder why he's uppi' me?
('cause Whitey's on the moon?)
I wuz already payin' 'im fifty a week.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Taxes takin' my whole damn check,
Junkies makin' me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin' up,
An' as if all that shit wuzn't enough:
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face an' arm began to swell.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Was all that money I made las' year
(for Whitey on the moon?)
How come there ain't no money here?
(Hmm! Whitey's on the moon)
Y'know I jus' 'bout had my fill
(of Whitey on the moon)
I think I'll sen' these doctor bills,
Airmail special
(to Whitey on the moon)
Perhaps you have forgotten about "The Reverend" Ralph Abernathy, demanding that the money spent on Apollo be redirected to "inner city" social welfare programs. Perhaps you have forgotten the democRAT Party politicians doing the same. Perhaps you have forgotten the democrat Party politicians demanding that NASA apply race quotas to hiring astronauts, regardless of actual qualification.
I have not.
You want "race rants"?
You're barking up the wrong tree, here.
The last sentence is historically accurate. Ask "The Reverend" Ralph Abernathy about it.
HAHA, maybe we can send AOC to survey the right of way.
“...The Reverend” Ralph Abernathy, demanding that the money spent on Apollo be redirected to “inner city” social welfare programs. ...”
I remember that! Didn’t he drive some stupid covered wagon to one of the last Apollo launches? I remember thinking it was getting more coverage then the launch and the mission.
Nice rant. Your obssession with skin color is duly noted.
“the company won’t be building the vehicle completely from scratch.”
I think they should use aluminum instead.
I didn't write that "poem" ... a guy named "Gil Scott Heron" did. And he certainly was consumed with hatred for people with skin colored differently from his. I'm not a fan of historical ignorance. I have not forgotten the evil committed by the racist democRAT Party ... it goes 'way back.
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