Quote from: Spacely on 11/02/2010 08:36 pmThird that. SLS, and specifically a SDHLV/DIRECT will never see the light of launch. It's unsustainable. Finishing Orion and seeding the rest to commercial and EELV upgrades would be a better use of money.There is a lot of truth in that. Bolden in a meeting yesterday at KSC said "everything is still on the table". No SLS architecture has been chosen yet. It'll depend on the NASA budget. Both SDLV and RP-1 based vehicles are being looked at. An EELV (Atlas Phase 2) is substantially cheaper than the SDLV HLLV. He stated that a SLS architecture would be chosen and work will begin soon - "within months".I predict an EELV based SLS architecture.
Third that. SLS, and specifically a SDHLV/DIRECT will never see the light of launch. It's unsustainable. Finishing Orion and seeding the rest to commercial and EELV upgrades would be a better use of money.
But Congress threw that plan out just a few months later.
IMO this new Congress, certainly the House, is very unlikely to go for anything that depends on a Russian license. Period.
Can they revoke it in the case of an international incident? If so, see above.
Quote from: docmordrid on 11/03/2010 11:02 pmCan they revoke it in the case of an international incident? If so, see above.Can anyone take away plans for an items that you rightfully procured? No.
Well to be fair F-1 schematics/plans exist as well - but it still doesn't make it easy to build a new one should one want to.
Jim,It's a matter of international patent law, and if Russia holds the rights they can revoke the license quoting national security issues.
Quote from: kkattula on 11/03/2010 05:32 amQuote from: aquanaut99 on 11/03/2010 05:15 amDid I forget anyone? Oh, and can you guess to which group I belong?- Those who don't wish for SLS to fail and don't expect it to fail because NASA can achieve great things if given a clear, practical plan and resources to execute it.Can it?$18bn per year, every year, is *a lot* of resources. Ask SpaceX, Orbital, or ULA what they'd do if they magically had those monies.
Quote from: aquanaut99 on 11/03/2010 05:15 amDid I forget anyone? Oh, and can you guess to which group I belong?- Those who don't wish for SLS to fail and don't expect it to fail because NASA can achieve great things if given a clear, practical plan and resources to execute it.
Did I forget anyone? Oh, and can you guess to which group I belong?
Quote from: kraisee on 11/03/2010 09:49 pmBut Congress threw that plan out just a few months later. wrong. griffin did it and Congress had nothing to do with it.