The possibilities are endless. Of course I'd like to see some vastly capable and advanced craft like a Europa fossil prospector or a Titan blimp. I'd also like to see a really large telescope in solar orbit, with multiple 5m mirrors on a framework that could hold them rigidly at a great enough distance to do some serious optical interferometry.And, I'd like to see an industrial-capacity manufacturing facility that can do real work in microgravity instead of just HS science fair experiments.
Although this thread is a decade old,
Quote from: Vahe231991 on 03/19/2023 12:20 amAlthough this thread is a decade old, Stop resurrecting old dead threads. Not our fault you weren't around then.
Quote from: Jim on 03/20/2023 01:24 pmQuote from: Vahe231991 on 03/19/2023 12:20 amAlthough this thread is a decade old, Stop resurrecting old dead threads. Not our fault you weren't around then.What is status of Block 2 upgrade.Stilling being funded or placed on hold?
Quote from: Jim on 03/20/2023 01:24 pmQuote from: Vahe231991 on 03/19/2023 12:20 amAlthough this thread is a decade old, Stop resurrecting old dead threads. Not our fault you weren't around then.If you got a problem with that then I suggest you use the "Report to moderator" button. But I don't think Chris B. will start "archiving" threads just because you don't like dead ones being resurrected.
Quote from: woods170 on 03/22/2023 10:04 amQuote from: Jim on 03/20/2023 01:24 pmQuote from: Vahe231991 on 03/19/2023 12:20 amAlthough this thread is a decade old, Stop resurrecting old dead threads. Not our fault you weren't around then.If you got a problem with that then I suggest you use the "Report to moderator" button. But I don't think Chris B. will start "archiving" threads just because you don't like dead ones being resurrected.The scope of this thread deals with missions for advanced SLS variants, which is why I mentioned on the thread the fact that NASA is looking at Artemis 9 as the first mission for the SLS Block 2 version judging from internal NASA documents.
My take on this is the following : so far I was believing that Block 2 was only a a maybe because you might not need the performance increase and just continue flying Block 1Bs.However, reading the FY24 papers it seems to me now that given that1) the SRBs are designed not to be reusable on SLS,2) there is a given inventory of casings and other parts as Shuttle heritage,3) and NASA has decided not to resume production of those,the current SRBs will run out by Artemis VIII.So Block 2 seems to me less hypothetical, since NASA has to go for the new boosters with Artemis IX. Except if they can find old casings and parts somewhere or overturn their decision and resume production, I do not see how they can do otherwise.
Too bad. I was hoping a Skylab 2.
I would say that not sticking to a decade-old LEO target that has zero relevance to the missions the vehicle is now executing is a good thing.