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#20
by
Chris Bergin
on 23 Feb, 2006 11:59
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I know what you mean and I'm going to miss the Orbiters dearly, but we have to focus on the whys.
Use this argument when NASA went from Apollo to STS.
I'm sure if message boards exsisted, they'd be a guy in Poland saying:
"I sigh when I think we're not going back here for a long, long time....
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#21
by
Firestarter
on 23 Feb, 2006 12:01
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Well if it was back then, Poland was a communist country, so it'd been more like "Ha, those silly Americans are going backwards, hooray!"
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#22
by
Jim
on 23 Feb, 2006 12:51
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Different Pic, No RCS shown
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#23
by
Chris Bergin
on 23 Feb, 2006 12:55
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#24
by
Bruhn
on 23 Feb, 2006 14:50
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"The final assembly and integration will be located in the O&C facility located on-site at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), a state-of-the-art facility that will be specifically configured to support CEV final assembly and acceptance testing."
Can someone from the Cape describe to me what the O&C facility is? Is it owned and operated by contractors or civil service and if contractors, which company?
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#25
by
Jim
on 23 Feb, 2006 15:11
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Bruhn - 23/2/2006 9:50 AM"The final assembly and integration will be located in the O&C facility located on-site at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), a state-of-the-art facility that will be specifically configured to support CEV final assembly and acceptance testing."Can someone from the Cape describe to me what the O&C facility is? Is it owned and operated by contractors or civil service and if contractors, which company?
My office is in the O&C. It is a NASA facility between the SSPF and KSC HQ. It was formerly the MSOB (Manned Spacecraft Operations Building) where the Apollo spacecraft were prepared for launch. It was changed to the Operations and Checkout building for the shuttle area and it was where Spacelab modules, pallets and ISS trusses were prepared. It has labs, offices and large cleanroom/high bay. Boeing operates the facility for NASA.
Side note: There are two places here, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the Kennedy Space Center, split by the Banana River. We refer to the Air Force station as the Cape and the NASA Center as KSC. Joinly, they are called the Cape Canaveral Spaceport.
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#26
by
Bruhn
on 23 Feb, 2006 15:42
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Thank you Jim and noted about the Cape. So if LM wins the CEV contract and test & integrate in the O&C facility, will the Boeing contractors be rebadged.
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#27
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Jim
on 23 Feb, 2006 16:02
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Bruhn - 23/2/2006 10:42 AMThank you Jim and noted about the Cape. So if LM wins the CEV contract and test & integrate in the O&C facility, will the Boeing contractors be rebadged.
Boeing just runs the facility and they could continue in that role, but before that happens I believe the contract (CAPPS) is up for renewal.
Also they could take the facility off of Boeing's hands, who would still have many others that they are responsible for (SSPF, MPPF, PSHF, VPF, MMSE, CRF, etc)
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#28
by
hyper_snyper
on 23 Feb, 2006 16:56
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So what is the LM design? Is it the one with the curved SM or the one above with the more cylindrical SM?
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#29
by
Jim
on 23 Feb, 2006 17:15
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Both.
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#30
by
Dogsbd
on 23 Feb, 2006 18:49
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The Florida Today image just above was released by LM a month or longer ago, the first LM CEV image in this thread is their latest rendition.
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#31
by
James Lowe1
on 05 Mar, 2006 18:26
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Thread moved.
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#32
by
gladiator1332
on 11 Mar, 2006 16:17
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I have to say I am happy with LM's latest rendition, much different from NG. Atleast were going to have some sort of competition here. Would have been boring if both NG and LM put out identical designs. LM keeps the Apollo Take II image, yet does it in a more modern looking way.
