How could you miss Mars bars?
We just saw a LEGO space station sent and built on the ISS. I am sure some money changed hands there. ... snip ...$7M Lego (Make them edible)
Quote from: jongoff on 02/26/2013 04:27 amOne other interesting point about the IEEE paper--apparently the draft I saw was the final version, because the papers were due in by December. Which means that there are several issues they've made a lot more progress on since the paper was submitted. Wish I could be there in person to see the presentation next week.When is the paper going to be published?
One other interesting point about the IEEE paper--apparently the draft I saw was the final version, because the papers were due in by December. Which means that there are several issues they've made a lot more progress on since the paper was submitted. Wish I could be there in person to see the presentation next week.
Quote from: outward on 02/26/2013 02:19 pmIs the required deltaV enormous?Those pages from Larson & Pranke suggest pretty large delta-vees. I don't know what a flyby trajectory should look like. If they take any questions tomorrow, the best question for informing the armchair observers on this thread, would be regarding their proposed trajectory.
Is the required deltaV enormous?
Initial plans to use a heavy-lift rocket and capsule supplied by SpaceX, imploded, the industry officials said.A spokeswoman for SpaceX said the company doesn't have a relationship with Mr. Tito's foundation.Its latest concept carries a price tag of at least $1 billion, these officials said. Mr. Tito's group is talking to Boeing Co., BA +0.83% Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT -0.66% and NASA about possible hardware.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323384604578328631778830030.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#if this is true this project is already dead
Any actual sources on the claims made in the article? I read no names apart from "according to people familiar with the matter", "Industry officials" etc. If true, I no longer see it happening.
Surprised to see how many people in this thread seem to derive pleasure from wanting the plan to fail.
Wondering if NASA wants to kill this project? SpaceX seems to want to be a long term NASA contributor for their projects. Elon Musk even stated so in a after splashdown interview. Is SpaceX attempting to help kill this project as a political way of aligning itself with future NASA missions?
Discussions with Boeing and LM are being held. Does this mean possible use of CST-100 and Orion? The article also talks about there being a formal relationship with NASA Ames.
If this is a Mars crewed flyby then what launch company would want to be part of this considering the risk of LOC during the in space flight?