Not entirely sure how the UN can justify spending such money on something like this, but it is only a MOU and that's how far 99.9 percent of MOUs go. Gets the publicity.Love Dream Chaser. Not a fan of MOUs.
Somewhat surreal...Sierra Nevada Corporation Enters Talks with the United Nationson a Dedicated Dream Chaser® Spacecraft Mission
Would still be much cheaper than trying to start a space program from scratch. Should help SNC as well.
Does anyone else feel like we're slipping deeper and deeper into some kind of scifi novel?
Anything that promotes the peaceful use of space is a good thing!
Chris, the sales and advertising industry is about 600 Billion worldwide to convince or make people aware that they need or could use their products or service. Why should SNC not do the same? After all Madison Avenue has made out pretty well using the concept... A deal either pans out or it doesn't, if you don't try you'll never know...
Quote from: Rocket Science on 06/29/2016 11:14 amChris, the sales and advertising industry is about 600 Billion worldwide to convince or make people aware that they need or could use their products or service. Why should SNC not do the same? After all Madison Avenue has made out pretty well using the concept... A deal either pans out or it doesn't, if you don't try you'll never know...They're free to say what they want in their press releases and I and others are free to criticize their press releases as implying more substance than is actually there.In the space industry, SNC seems to do more of these announcements of misleading MOUs than their competition. If SpaceX or Boeing started announcing meaningless MOUs, I'd criticize them for it too.
Quote from: ChrisWilson68 on 06/29/2016 08:22 pmQuote from: Rocket Science on 06/29/2016 11:14 amChris, the sales and advertising industry is about 600 Billion worldwide to convince or make people aware that they need or could use their products or service. Why should SNC not do the same? After all Madison Avenue has made out pretty well using the concept... A deal either pans out or it doesn't, if you don't try you'll never know...They're free to say what they want in their press releases and I and others are free to criticize their press releases as implying more substance than is actually there.In the space industry, SNC seems to do more of these announcements of misleading MOUs than their competition. If SpaceX or Boeing started announcing meaningless MOUs, I'd criticize them for it too.What do you think of similar announcements between Boeing with Bigelow Aerospace and Blue Origin?
So Dream Chaser is the first spacecraft for Starfleet. Got it.
Quote from: bad_astra on 06/30/2016 04:33 pmSo Dream Chaser is the first spacecraft for Starfleet. Got it. Remember, Starfleet was part of the United Earth Space Probe Agency, at least in early Star Trek episodes...
Article on this topic with some additional info:http://spacenews.com/united-nations-to-fly-first-space-mission-on-dream-chaser/
Jeff Foust @jeff_foust 4m4 minutes agoMark Sirangelo of @SierraNevCorp discussing planned Dream Chaser mission for UN in 2021: fly expts for dev nations, 2-4 weeks in orbit.