-NASA's final budget will be no more than a 3% increase or degrease over the 2010 budget
-Oribal's Taurus II/Cygnus maiden flight for COTS1 will go perfect, but not receive the attention that SpaceX COTS1 did.
PS -- I predict C-Star will have "something interesting" to show everyone, before the year is finished.
What is "C-Star"?
Quote from: kraisee on 12/24/2010 05:17 pmPS -- I predict C-Star will have "something interesting" to show everyone, before the year is finished.What is "C-Star"?
Over the past four years, the DIRECT Team assembled a talented team from across the entire American aerospace industry. Following the successful conclusion of the DIRECT effort, the team has decided not to disband. The team has chosen to refocus the enormous wealth of talent that has been collected, and channel this expertise in a completely new direction. Ross Tierney, original founder of the DIRECT Team said “Today, the DIRECT Team is pleased to announce the formation of a new space technology company: C-Star Aerospace, LLC.”The core of the C-Star Aerospace team brings with them decades of experience and leadership in the space industry. The new team has already begun developing a variety of innovative new capabilities and technologies for both government and commercial industry. Over the next year, the company will be expanding its executive team and building a highly skilled workforce to ensure the success of this new commercial space enterprise.
3. NASA recommends either a HEFT 5/5 (A-251SH) or a Saturn-V Redux; However, it immediately runs into budget brick wall - what could be described as a '5/4', something similar to the J-130H/-241H, is proposed as a low-budget fall-back and is eventually selected (but not until the end of FY2011). This is portrayed as a victory for SDHLV by pro-DIRECT commentators and a defeat for SDHLV by anti-SDLV commentators;