Yeah IIRC, Cygnus has about the payload capacity of an AN-26...
Hyperbolic title anyone? It's not re-gaining US independence if the launch vehicle uses NK-33/43.
We will be making
AJ-26s here; we just haven't run through the Russian stock.
We will be making AJ-26s here; we just haven't run through the Russian stock.
You mean taking NK-33s from the 1970s, refurbishing them, and giving them a US designed gimbal system then changing the nameplate to read AJ-26?
As for US production of NK-33, I remain highly skeptical that a 30 year old Russian engine can have it's production line restarted in a foreign country that doesn't speak the same language and makes use of a different measurement system in a lot of things.
We will be making AJ-26s here; we just haven't run through the Russian stock.
You mean taking NK-33s from the 1970s, refurbishing them, and giving them a US designed gimbal system then changing the nameplate to read AJ-26?
As for US production of NK-33, I remain highly skeptical that a 30 year old Russian engine can have it's production line restarted in a foreign country that doesn't speak the same language and makes use of a different measurement system in a lot of things.
The process was already done for the RD-180
We will be making AJ-26s here; we just haven't run through the Russian stock.
You mean taking NK-33s from the 1970s, refurbishing them, and giving them a US designed gimbal system then changing the nameplate to read AJ-26?
As for US production of NK-33, I remain highly skeptical that a 30 year old Russian engine can have it's production line restarted in a foreign country that doesn't speak the same language and makes use of a different measurement system in a lot of things.
The process was already done for the RD-180
Have any RD-180s actually been produced in the US?
US independence by using Russian motors to launch Italian modules.
US independence by using Russian motors to launch Italian modules.
How about, to a Chinese space station in the 2022.
This foreign FUD is tiresome and stale. The same issues have now been rehashed for years. No new data for the argument. Can we rise above it?
You mean taking NK-33s from the 1970s, refurbishing them, and giving them a US designed gimbal system then changing the nameplate to read AJ-26?
As for US production of NK-33, I remain highly skeptical that a 30 year old Russian engine can have it's production line restarted in a foreign country that doesn't speak the same language and makes use of a different measurement system in a lot of things.
No, I mean building them here.
You can be as skeptical as you want. I know with 100% certainty that the AJ-26 can be made here, and I am in a position to know.
Russia using SI has not prevented us from creating a space station with them. Is that the best you can come up with?
To try to bring this back on topic, Orbital using some foreign made components does not negate the fact this this helps restore an independent mode of US station access. Show me an aircraft or spacecraft made in Country X, and there is plenty of it made in Countries Y, Z, Q, W, etc.
Congrats to Orbital's Cygnus team. We all wish you a very successful first flight to the ISS.
Looking forward to seeing both Cygnus and Dragon making regular deliveries to the ISS. People that think the US is going to lose their leadership role in the future of human and cargo space flight better watch out!
Also I don’t understand how procuring components or parts from your European partners casts a shadow on the program here?
Not to mention that US policy has long been in favour of free trade and the fact that starting with foreign / third party components allows you to work towards producing them yourself if there's a business case for it.
To try to bring this back on topic, Orbital using some foreign made components does not negate the fact this this helps restore an independent mode of US station access. Show me an aircraft or spacecraft made in Country X, and there is plenty of it made in Countries Y, Z, Q, W, etc.
Not that I disagree with you in general, but there are examples. There isn't "plenty" of F9 that is made abroad.
To try to bring this back on topic, Orbital using some foreign made components does not negate the fact this this helps restore an independent mode of US station access. Show me an aircraft or spacecraft made in Country X, and there is plenty of it made in Countries Y, Z, Q, W, etc.
Not that I disagree with you in general, but there are examples. There isn't "plenty" of F9 that is made abroad.
Fair enough, and noting that SpaceX's level of vertical integration is a rare beast anywhere in industry these days. And I bet that at least one mission critical component is still made in another country.
To try to bring this back on topic, Orbital using some foreign made components does not negate the fact this this helps restore an independent mode of US station access. Show me an aircraft or spacecraft made in Country X, and there is plenty of it made in Countries Y, Z, Q, W, etc.
Not that I disagree with you in general, but there are examples. There isn't "plenty" of F9 that is made abroad.
Fair enough, and noting that SpaceX's level of vertical integration is a rare beast anywhere in industry these days. And I bet that at least one mission critical component is still made in another country.
Agreed, some of the electronic parts must be.
