Quote from: darkenfast on 06/10/2017 06:54 amI still don't see how loss of vehicle while at the ISS automatically means loss of crew. It's like someone is stacking the deck.Unstack the deck by keeping one F9 + Dragon 2 in storage at all times, ready to deploy to get the crew if there is a problem during ISS stay?
I still don't see how loss of vehicle while at the ISS automatically means loss of crew. It's like someone is stacking the deck.
I still don't see how loss of vehicle while at the ISS automatically means loss of crew.
If we had went with ASAP during Apollo, the Moon would perpetually be 20 years away and as for Mars... forget about it...
Quote from: Rocket Science on 06/13/2017 01:51 pmIf we had went with ASAP during Apollo, the Moon would perpetually be 20 years away and as for Mars... forget about it...NASA ASAP was formed in 1968 subsequent to the investigation of the Apollo 1 fire. NASA ASAP had a great deal of influence on the later portion of the Apollo program, their safety recommendations are a part of the reason why Apollo was a success. NASA ASAP's first formal report in 1971 covers recommendations made for Apollos 15 and 16, for example.
Quote from: whitelancer64 on 06/13/2017 02:06 pmQuote from: Rocket Science on 06/13/2017 01:51 pmIf we had went with ASAP during Apollo, the Moon would perpetually be 20 years away and as for Mars... forget about it...NASA ASAP was formed in 1968 subsequent to the investigation of the Apollo 1 fire. NASA ASAP had a great deal of influence on the later portion of the Apollo program, their safety recommendations are a part of the reason why Apollo was a success. NASA ASAP's first formal report in 1971 covers recommendations made for Apollos 15 and 16, for example.If they were involved in the initial RTF we probably would still not have landed on the Moon in 1969... I've said this before over the years, they are "a self licking ice-cream cone" IMHO...
Quote from: Rocket Science on 06/13/2017 02:29 pmQuote from: whitelancer64 on 06/13/2017 02:06 pmQuote from: Rocket Science on 06/13/2017 01:51 pmIf we had went with ASAP during Apollo, the Moon would perpetually be 20 years away and as for Mars... forget about it...NASA ASAP was formed in 1968 subsequent to the investigation of the Apollo 1 fire. NASA ASAP had a great deal of influence on the later portion of the Apollo program, their safety recommendations are a part of the reason why Apollo was a success. NASA ASAP's first formal report in 1971 covers recommendations made for Apollos 15 and 16, for example.If they were involved in the initial RTF we probably would still not have landed on the Moon in 1969... I've said this before over the years, they are "a self licking ice-cream cone" IMHO...Essentially, they were. The Apollo 1 investigation board not only performed an investigation of the causes of the fire, they also reviewed the design of the Apollo capsule and the procedures used by people working on it, and then made recommendations on how both spacecraft systems and procedures should be improved. This system worked so well that Congress made it a permanent part of NASA, as the ASAP. If you think the ASAP is a self-licking ice cream cone, then I think you don't understand what it is they do.