To: KevinDavis
Very unimpressive. It looks like it's 1960, all over again.
8 posted on
03/30/2009 7:46:59 PM PDT by
papasmurf
(Trow da' bum out!)
To: papasmurf
Unimpressive, but simple and effective. We don’t have all our eggs in a tiny basket of reusable ships.
9 posted on
03/30/2009 7:49:19 PM PDT by
MediaMole
To: papasmurf; All
12 posted on
03/30/2009 7:52:33 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(No one should question our "Dear Leader"!)
To: papasmurf
Shape is everything. Reentry from the Moon or Mars is much faster than from orbit. If the walls slope back at the angle of the Apollo (IIRC 35 degrees) then they don't have to endure the effects of heating. In a craft like the Soyuz the side walls are less sloped, but it is limited to orbital reentry. The laws of physics don't change from 60s to 90s to 2020. And they determine the shape of a ship designed for use outside of Earth orbit.
My issue has always been with the booster. The stick is not projected to have enough thrust. And as a result they are having to cut more and more mass off of the Orion. I'm worried they may end up putting the crew at risk due to an under powered booster.
13 posted on
03/30/2009 7:57:26 PM PDT by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: papasmurf
That pic is not really the Orion, is it? OMG it looks like it has a 1960’s oven door as the inner hatch door.
I can’t believe this is the real thing.
18 posted on
03/30/2009 8:08:54 PM PDT by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: papasmurf
They're gonna spend how long in that little thing to go to Mars and back? Sure Apollo worked for a half million mile round trip to the moon, but to Mars!
To: papasmurf
“Very unimpressive. It looks like it’s 1960, all over again.”
yes and no.
Try to remember exactly what this is all about.
Return to moon, to stay, and go beyond.
The Orion capsule enables missions beyond low earth orbit.
It will dock with a new larger lunar lander launched to orbit on another large rocket. Then head for the moon.
Orion will also visit space station.
There are ideas also to visit asteroids.
And eventually perhaps in our lifetime, we will see a Mars mission using some of this hardware you see today.
28 posted on
03/30/2009 8:24:53 PM PDT by
Names Ash Housewares
(Refusing to kneel before the socialist messiah. 1-20-13 Freedom Day.)
To: papasmurf
Very unimpressive. It looks like it's 1960, all over again. One giant backwards leap for mankind. Thanks W.
29 posted on
03/30/2009 8:25:31 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: papasmurf
Much Bigger.
Carries 6 crew instead of 3.
Reuasable, at least to an extent.
Goes to multiple destinations.
No, not 1960, not even 1969.
It WILL get the job done, and capably too.
36 posted on
03/30/2009 9:01:46 PM PDT by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: papasmurf
Y'know what sold the Space Shuttle? Earth Day, 1970. The whole "reusable" idea was the only thing fundable at that time.
The fact that we've blown up two of the five of them should convince everyone that maybe it wasn't the best idea, only the most politically correct idea.
42 posted on
03/30/2009 9:29:30 PM PDT by
hunter112
(SHRUG - Stop Hussein's Radical Utopian Gameplan!)
To: papasmurf
Is that an extra-large, heavy-duty cappuccino machine?
45 posted on
03/30/2009 9:52:36 PM PDT by
TheThinker
(Even though Obama is President, I'm more American than that impostor will ever be.)
To: papasmurf
51 posted on
03/31/2009 9:32:50 AM PDT by
US_MilitaryRules
("We live in an amazing, amazing world, and it's wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots)
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