Dexter - 6/11/2006 6:58 PMI like this quote from the Atlas book web site:"The original version of Atlas will be retired by the time this book is released, but parts of the Atlas legacy lives on in the form of the Centaur upper stage (and even its famous name) in the Atlas V replacement vehicle built by the Lockheed Martin Corporation."Implies that the Atlas V vehicle really isn't an Atlas anymore except in name only.
Dexter - 6/11/2006 7:47 PMStill makes a good point.Good attempt at character assasination.
Jim - 6/11/2006 7:23 PMQuoteDexter - 6/11/2006 7:47 PMStill makes a good point.Good attempt at character assasination.He's not qualified
Jim - 6/11/2006 7:41 PMNo, I was countering his implication that Atlas V core isn't part of the Atlas legacy.
edkyle99 - 6/11/2006 9:48 PMQuoteJim - 6/11/2006 7:41 PMNo, I was countering his implication that Atlas V core isn't part of the Atlas legacy.Atlas V still has the "Centaur" part of "Atlas Centaur", and perhaps retains the "spirit" of the original Atlas, but Atlas V CCB stage it is not anything like the original Convair Astronautics (later General Dynamics) Atlas. I think Chuck Walker is more than adequately "qualified" to make that judgement. He worked at Convair (GD) on the Atlas program from 1953 until 1963 (and in Convair aircraft testing beginning in 1945). - Ed Kyle
Jim - 6/11/2006 9:07 PMQuoteedkyle99 - 6/11/2006 9:48 PMQuoteJim - 6/11/2006 7:41 PMNo, I was countering his implication that Atlas V core isn't part of the Atlas legacy.Atlas V still has the "Centaur" part of "Atlas Centaur", and perhaps retains the "spirit" of the original Atlas, but Atlas V CCB stage it is not anything like the original Convair Astronautics (later General Dynamics) Atlas. I think Chuck Walker is more than adequately "qualified" to make that judgement. He worked at Convair (GD) on the Atlas program from 1953 until 1963 (and in Convair aircraft testing beginning in 1945). - Ed KyleHe wasn't in engineering. His focus was on base activation and not space launch. Outsider WRT space launch and the book reflects that. Other than structure, Atlas V CCB stage has many of the same systems as the Atlas II and III. The ballon tank is not the only thing that defined Atlas.
Jim - 7/11/2006 3:07 AMOther than structure, Atlas V CCB stage has many of the same systems as the Atlas II and III. The ballon tank is not the only thing that defined Atlas.