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Offline psloss

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Senator Nelson actually said that two senators wanted the total budget sum back to 2008 levels not NASA specifically by itself.
He mentioned Senators DeMint and Coburn by name.  There's more to it than that, but I'll leave it there for now.  This will come back up after the election.
« Last Edit: 10/11/2010 07:35 pm by psloss »

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22787.msg643977#msg643977

Quote from: kraisee
That is a problem that bugged us too.   But we have come up with a solution that should make things much easier.

Give us a few more days -- we are waiting until the President actually signs the Authorization bill.

Ross.

Now that the President has signed the bill, what is this solution?
« Last Edit: 10/11/2010 09:51 pm by 2552 »

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« Last Edit: 10/11/2010 11:37 pm by clongton »
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The poll is up

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22381.new;topicseen#new

and just a minor celebration, still a lot to come but we felt it needed commemoration.

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Chuck - DIRECT co-founder
I started my career on the Saturn-V F-1A engine

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The poll is up

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22381.new;topicseen#new

and just a minor celebration, still a lot to come but we felt it needed commemoration.

www.directlauncher.com

Great graphic!

More than a minor celebration in my book (and big kudos and a tip of the hat to 51D Mascot despite the closed thread).

:)

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any more talk of those secretly on the Direct team coming out of the woodwork, especially with the short deadline NASA has to come up with a way forward?

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The poll is up

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=22381.new;topicseen#new

and just a minor celebration, still a lot to come but we felt it needed commemoration.

www.directlauncher.com
Nice. Can't believe this day finally came. Truly amazing, I am very happy :D
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Nice. Can't believe this day finally came. Truly amazing, I am very happy :D
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Yep! Great job! Go Direct!

Cheers!  :)

« Last Edit: 10/12/2010 02:30 am by HappyMartian »
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I'm resolutely looking forward to SLS-X

Why?  As I've pointed out before, it's a waste of resources.

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I'm resolutely looking forward to SLS-X

Why?  As I've pointed out before, it's a waste of resources.
You may have a point. Seems like it will be better to simply fly the first rocket as an operational mission. May or may not be manned, depends.

Good news is that ISS should not have shortfall problems with the new program. It will finally get what it needs and we can TRULY use it for the first time as a real research facility.
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I'm resolutely looking forward to SLS-X

Why?  As I've pointed out before, it's a waste of resources.

Let NASA decide... Time is valuable.

Cheers!

Edited.
« Last Edit: 10/12/2010 02:41 am by HappyMartian »
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I'm commenting here not on SLS in general, but on the SLS-X test flight.

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Good news is that ISS should not have shortfall problems with the new program. It will finally get what it needs and we can TRULY use it for the first time as a real research facility.

This vehicle will resupply ISS sometime between 2016 and never.  I'll be surprised if ISS doesn't suffer some sort of supply shortages at one or more times between 2011 and 2016.

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for infrastructure reduction relative to sdlv, is this still valid?

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=310.15
« Last Edit: 10/12/2010 03:49 am by Ronsmytheiii »

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I'm resolutely looking forward to SLS-X

Why?  As I've pointed out before, it's a waste of resources.

No more or no less than Ares 1-X. 

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I'm resolutely looking forward to SLS-X

Why?  As I've pointed out before, it's a waste of resources.

No more or no less than Ares 1-X. 

Much less, an SLS-X flight will use hardware that is much closer to the final product than Ares I-X was to Ares I. The flight will enable KSC to reatain the workforce, and will help in the fit trials/processing tests. Sure it wont be as efficient as an all up test, but your workforce gets something to do in the meantime.

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I'm resolutely looking forward to SLS-X

Why?  As I've pointed out before, it's a waste of resources.

No more or no less than Ares 1-X. 

Much less, an SLS-X flight will use hardware that is much closer to the final product than Ares I-X was to Ares I. The flight will enable KSC to reatain the workforce, and will help in the fit trials/processing tests. Sure it wont be as efficient as an all up test, but your workforce gets something to do in the meantime.

At least SLS has a future.  Ares 1 was a dead end from the start.  Talk about a waste of resources. 


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I'm resolutely looking forward to SLS-X

Why?  As I've pointed out before, it's a waste of resources.

No more or no less than Ares 1-X. 

Much less, an SLS-X flight will use hardware that is much closer to the final product than Ares I-X was to Ares I. The flight will enable KSC to reatain the workforce, and will help in the fit trials/processing tests. Sure it wont be as efficient as an all up test, but your workforce gets something to do in the meantime.

At least SLS has a future.  Ares 1 was a dead end from the start.  Talk about a waste of resources. 



Don't cry over spilled milk. Learn from the past, but focus on moving forward. Watch out for anything that might gum up the works.

Cheers!
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