... a report and Orion on a Delta IV Heavy ....
Quote from: yg1968 on 02/22/2017 07:21 am... a report and Orion on a Delta IV Heavy ....Now that I think about it, haven't we seen this movie before? In 2011, joek analyzed the attached ULA paper from 2010 and derived a cost of $1.77 billion for human-rating Delta IV Heavy. I seem to recall another figure of $2.4 billion that was floating around back then too, though I can't find it now. $1.77 billion in 2010 would be about $2 billion now.I guess the politicos have forgotten all of this. It appears to be yet another case of politicians trying to do the engineers' jobs.Note that, per joek's analysis, it would actually be cheaper to activate and human-rate Atlas V Heavy!Vacuous fun fact: one of the authors of the attached paper is something of a celebrity.
The last figure I heard was not even close to $ 1.77 billion. More like $ 600 million.
$2 billion? That's absurd. ...
The House will take up the NASA Authorization bill on Monday:https://twitter.com/Pat_DefDaily/status/835240330983272449
Quote from: yg1968 on 02/24/2017 09:10 pmThe House will take up the NASA Authorization bill on Monday:https://twitter.com/Pat_DefDaily/status/835240330983272449I just noticed something: S. 443 is actually an authorization bill, not an appropriations bill. It's unusual to see an authorization for just one fiscal year. I wonder what's going on. I should have realized this, because NASA's appropriations are generally specified in a much larger bill, which affects more than just NASA.Attached is a cleaned-up version of the bill, which has the virtue of being searchable.The Majority Leader's website confirms that S. 443 will be taken up today under "suspension of the rules," meaning that the full House will vote on the Senate's bill rather than producing its own. NASA's famous 2010 authorization bill was passed the same way. Today's schedule shows short speeches for a number of other bills to be considered under suspension of the rules, but not for S. 443, so I presume there won't be any discussion. Votes are set to begin at 18.30 EST.It looks to me as though by the end of the day, NASA's course will be pretty much set, barring an unlikely presidential veto.
The NASA authorization bill dropped from today’s House schedule has been delayed to next week, according to a spokesman. No reason given.
Quote from: Jeff FoustThe NASA authorization bill dropped from today’s House schedule has been delayed to next week, according to a spokesman. No reason given.https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/836266848844840961
Quote from: yg1968 on 02/28/2017 04:52 amQuote from: Jeff FoustThe NASA authorization bill dropped from today’s House schedule has been delayed to next week, according to a spokesman. No reason given.https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/836266848844840961*pan to a SpaceX dragon flying by the Moon*Gee I wonder whatever for...
Neither is likely. The House must pass it without modifications; otherwise it has to be passed by the Senate again. It's unlikely that there will be any changes to the bill at this point.
Three sections are cited as having raised flags at the White House and/or the Department of Justice as needing further review: 303, 305 and 702. [...] Some sources are optimistic that this is a temporary problem that will soon be resolved. Others think is an indication that certain parties want to sink the legislation permanently. What happens next is unclear. Stay tuned.
The NASA auth. bill that was on, then off, the House schedule this past week is back on for consideration Tuesday:
The reason it wasn’t considered last week was simply a procedural issue, and nothing to do with the bill’s content, from what I understand.