kraisee - 26/10/2006 1:58 PMI'm speaking out for what I believe in.Ross.
JIS - 26/10/2006 6:43 PMThe clever man carefully considers all alternatives and makes a decisions. Once the decision is made its time to go and perform the plan. Changing the plan all the time takes you nowhere. The only possibility how to get to the Moon sooner is to give NASA more money or kill STS sooner.
JIS - 26/10/2006 10:43 AMRoss, very very similar approach was considered in ESAS. Do you really think that NASA will listen to amateurs doing just another powerpoint study? I can't believe that you can be so naive. The only result will be more people believing in funny conspiracy theories not supporting space exploration.
JIS - 26/10/2006 10:43 AMThe clever man carefully considers all alternatives and makes a decisions. Once the decision is made its time to go and perform the plan. Changing the plan all the time takes you nowhere.
JIS - 26/10/2006 10:43 AMThe only possibility how to get to the Moon sooner is to give NASA more money or kill STS sooner.
meiza - 26/10/2006 3:55 PMI'm not in love with the Direct completely, since it is somewhat big for crewed flights and in a class that makes alternatives impossible, there's just no commercial uses for 70 ton rockets. Its flight rates won't be very high either because of that.
JIS - 26/10/2006 12:43 PMThe clever man carefully considers all alternatives and makes a decisions. Once the decision is made its time to go and perform the plan. Changing the plan all the time takes you nowhere. The only possibility how to get to the Moon sooner is to give NASA more money or kill STS sooner.
kraisee - 26/10/2006 3:55 PMOh, with $35Bn in savings, don't you think NASA could afford to man-rate an EELV for CEV-only flights to LEO as well?Ross.
Manel - 26/10/2006 6:19 PM Overkill to ISS ? Only loading less LH2 and O2 on the ET you can adjust the mass delivered to the ISS But, where is the problem with delivering more tons to LEO at the same or lower price per launch ?
JIS - 26/10/2006 11:43 AMRoss, very very similar approach was considered in ESAS. Do you really think that NASA will listen to amateurs doing just another powerpoint study? I can't believe that you can be so naive. The only result will be more people believing in funny conspiracy theories not supporting space exploration.The clever man carefully considers all alternatives and makes a decisions. Once the decision is made its time to go and perform the plan. Changing the plan all the time takes you nowhere. The only possibility how to get to the Moon sooner is to give NASA more money or kill STS sooner.
Jymp - 26/10/2006 10:21 PMIt will never happen, NASA will go with the Ares 1 & Ares V period, you guys with all these "Better" ideas might as well drop it and get on with having a life.