I would have liked to see the X-38 go forward, but like so many things, it got just to the point of fabrication and lo, it was cancelled. A few others:LIST SNIPPED
Bump. Is reviving X-38 viable now that Constellation has been cancelled? Jorge said it could only be done if Orion were cancelled. That has just happened.
Other possibility: could there be synergy with HL-20 / Dream Chaser development? Could it help alleviate the pain of job losses at JSC?
Isn't LIDS still the long pole item for any of these new vehicles?
Is LIDS development canceled along with the rest of Constellation.
Bump. Is reviving X-38 viable now that Constellation has been cancelled? Jorge said it could only be done if Orion were cancelled. That has just happened. Other possibility: could there be synergy with HL-20 / Dream Chaser development? Could it help alleviate the pain of job losses at JSC?
I don't know if it would have advantages. I was just curious if Dream Chaser could make use of some of the stuff done on X-38, specifically the avionics. Both are lifting bodies, but I don't know how much that matters.
I remember a rumor going around about some of it coming from another project or being used for another project - perhaps thats the source of your notion.
Do you think it was coincidental that one of the authors just happened to be the head hancho for X-38? Beyond that, do you think X-38 really has the capability in it's design to serve as the centerpiece for a beyond-LEO exploration vehicle?