It's back to the future for NASA as they elect to build the new shuttle as two distinct systems, one for cargo and one for manned flight.
1 posted on
07/01/2005 5:28:53 PM PDT by
Arkie2
To: Arkie2
To: Arkie2
3 posted on
07/01/2005 5:39:32 PM PDT by
cabojoe
To: Arkie2
Vegas is probably giving 5 to 1 odds right now that Rutan beats NASA back to the Moon...
4 posted on
07/01/2005 5:42:23 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Arkie2
7 posted on
07/01/2005 5:46:02 PM PDT by
FReepaholic
(When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading)
To: Arkie2
They're going the HLV route, I wonder how much that's going to cost?
8 posted on
07/01/2005 5:46:26 PM PDT by
Brett66
(Where government advances – and it advances relentlessly – freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: Arkie2
While members of Congress from the space states . . . will not be happy to hear that jobs will be lost. Porkers. New construction will more than compensate for loss of NASA jobs.
10 posted on
07/01/2005 5:49:04 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
To: Arkie2; RadioAstronomer
I believe this was RA's idea.
To: Arkie2; All
In hearings earlier this week before the House Science Committee Griffin said "But I cannot responsibly prioritize microbiology and fundamental life science research higher than the need for the United States to have its own strategic access to space." Sen. Hutchison, who chairs the subcommittee on Space And Science has a somewhat different view and has introduced legislation that would bar Griffin from such large cuts.
What did Sen. Hutchison do before becoming a senator?
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; ...
Something they should have done IN THE FRELLING FIRST PLACE!!!
15 posted on
07/01/2005 5:56:31 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(the space/future belongs to the eagles, the earth/past to the groundhogs)
To: Arkie2
Well, we may finally have discovered the existence of intelligent life forms at NASA. But this plan makes too much sense. Congress surely will find a way to derail it because jobs will be lost somewhere, somehow.
To: Arkie2
Based on what I read at the Space Frontier forum, someone estimated this could launch a 260,000 lb. payload to LEO for less than $2000/lb.
That would be impressive, I hope NASA can pull this one off.
SDV
17 posted on
07/01/2005 8:02:33 PM PDT by
Brett66
(Where government advances – and it advances relentlessly – freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: Arkie2
How bout we finish what we started. Venture Star SSTO launch vehicle.
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