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Offline yg1968

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2018 Global Exploration Roadmap
« on: 03/15/2018 02:59 am »
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Re: 2018 Global Exploration Roadmap
« Reply #1 on: 03/15/2018 04:03 am »
The PDF includes nice tables of upcoming / in-development missions.


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Re: 2018 Global Exploration Roadmap
« Reply #2 on: 03/15/2018 02:01 pm »
I am impressed with the sense of urgency implied by the prominent use of:




'Commercial launchers not shown'. (Or announced in construction Lunar/Mars vehicles).

This timeline looks optimistic from what I understand of the SLS schedule, with respect to human lunar landings being to the left of 2030.

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Re: 2018 Global Exploration Roadmap
« Reply #3 on: 03/15/2018 02:37 pm »
I am impressed with the sense of urgency implied by the prominent use of:

To quote from a Monty Python movie - it's only a model.

Since before the Space Race in the 1950's many great artists have imagined what humans would be doing in space, and this is no different. It doesn't show intent by the U.S. Government, nor progress. It's just some artists impression of what could happen.

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This timeline looks optimistic from what I understand of the SLS schedule, with respect to human lunar landings being to the left of 2030.

So far it will have taken 18 years to get the Orion spacecraft to it's first flight with humans, and all we've seen in NASA's proposed budget is that a human-rated lunar lander will start development in 2024, which if the same timeline happens that would mean a human-rated lunar lander might not be available until 2044.

If the Commercial Crew model is followed, so far that is taking at least 7-8 years to get operational, so the same timeline for a commercial lunar lander could be 2031 or so.

What actually happens could be between 2031 and 2044, but it depends on the funding profile.
If we don't continuously lower the cost to access space, how are we ever going to afford to expand humanity out into space?

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Re: 2018 Global Exploration Roadmap
« Reply #4 on: 03/16/2018 03:13 pm »
Regarding the probe schedule, I'd be inclined to bet the Koreans land on the Moon before Russia.  On top of that, sadly just another round of eye candy with minimal nutritional reality.  Ideally I would hope the DSG and all the probes do get off the ground.
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Re: 2018 Global Exploration Roadmap
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