16 May
2010
16 May
'10
8:32 p.m.
NASA might be in charge of the Ares design, but they sure aren't the ones building it.
It's contracted out to private companies, some design in house and some outside. I
don't think that the know-how is going to just vanish because NASA isn't pulling
all the strings anymore.
On May 16, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
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.
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> Eric
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