Quote from: Jet Black on 06/20/2016 09:33 amPrior to the ATV, ESA had no experience with man-rated craft, so this was actually a really important development for them (which has served to generate knowledge useful for the ESV). Though they got some knowledge about man-rating from Spacelabs, no?
Prior to the ATV, ESA had no experience with man-rated craft, so this was actually a really important development for them (which has served to generate knowledge useful for the ESV).
Quote from: hektor on 06/12/2016 07:04 pmThere is only one little issue with your nice scenario : that the real decision makers, the ESA member states, go along. They are notorious for preferring development to recurring production. See ATV which died after the fifth copy.Prior to the ATV, ESA had no experience with man-rated craft, so this was actually a really important development for them (which has served to generate knowledge useful for the ESV).
There is only one little issue with your nice scenario : that the real decision makers, the ESA member states, go along. They are notorious for preferring development to recurring production. See ATV which died after the fifth copy.
It is good to see ESA and Airbus are taking their job seriously. It is great to see the ESM taking shape.A thought: how greatly will the service module for the crewed EM-2 mission differ from this initial EM-1 module?
Quote from: redliox on 09/02/2016 09:16 pmIt is good to see ESA and Airbus are taking their job seriously. It is great to see the ESM taking shape.A thought: how greatly will the service module for the crewed EM-2 mission differ from this initial EM-1 module?Great question, one that I am interested in as well.
Flight experience will likely account for additional modifications to the EM-2 flight model.
Quote from: woods170 on 09/14/2016 07:35 amFlight experience will likely account for additional modifications to the EM-2 flight model.Except that when EM-1 will fly, the EM-2 ESM will most probably be in late assembly stage.No room for design changes at that point, except for small local tweaks...
Quote from: SgtPoivre on 09/14/2016 09:05 amQuote from: woods170 on 09/14/2016 07:35 amFlight experience will likely account for additional modifications to the EM-2 flight model.Except that when EM-1 will fly, the EM-2 ESM will most probably be in late assembly stage.No room for design changes at that point, except for small local tweaks...Hmm good point, but hard to say. Considering EM-2 is scheduled for 2023....
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