bad_astra - 29/5/2006 1:39 PMBy the time this lv was ready, it could be set up to share 39A with STS or else relegate STS to 39B until it is retired for refitting for CaLV.
Jim - 28/5/2006 7:56 PMCaLV is not designed yet and won't be for a while. Shuttle still needs to use the pads."Moving" holes in an MLP is not minor. ET is 27' dia and CLaV is 33' can't use the same SRB hole config.Costs per flight would be 2x more
SMetch - 30/5/2006 4:29 PMQuoteJim - 28/5/2006 7:56 PMCaLV is not designed yet and won't be for a while. Shuttle still needs to use the pads."Moving" holes in an MLP is not minor. ET is 27' dia and CLaV is 33' can't use the same SRB hole config.Costs per flight would be 2x moreThe MLP should be lowest cost change altogether. For goodness sake it’s an over designed piece of welded plate steel. This aspect of the change anything and it will cost astronomical sums of money continues to amaze me. It looks like we need to get into the welded plate steel fabrication business for KSC. They have obviously lost all sense of what it should cost to do this.