16 May
2010
16 May
'10
6:14 p.m.
Yes, lets pour billions into a launch system - then can it right after
the first (successful) test flight... so typical of govt... do I get my
money back if Obama won't use an already invested design? If they want
to go private industry - great, then share the system designs with those
private companies and have them continue the project and work, don't
toss it into the dumpster, thats just S-T-U-P-I-D... though I put
nothing past govt anymore :-/
Eric Smith wrote:
On 05/16/2010 08:50 AM, RodSmallwood wrote:
So what is going to replace the Shuttle and
when?
Originally the plan was to replace it with two systems:
* crew launched in an Orion capsule on an Ares I
* cargo (heavy lift) launched on an Ares V
Obama and the NASA administrator want to cancel Ares I, but Congress
might block that.
Ares I is an incredibly stupid design, but if we cancel it we will
have no capability of launching manned missions at all. The NASA plan
is to contract that out to private industry, and I'm generally in
favor of that, but we shouldn't kill NASA's in-house manned launch
capability until the private alternative has been successfully tested.
Eric