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CEV named?
by
rsp1202
on 21 Jul, 2006 02:18
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#1
by
hyper_snyper
on 21 Jul, 2006 02:28
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Project Orion? That's interesting. What happened to Constellation?
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#2
by
collectSPACE
on 21 Jul, 2006 03:44
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hyper_snyper - 20/7/2006 9:15 PM
Project Orion? That's interesting. What happened to Constellation?
To the best of my understanding, Constellation remains the over-arching program that encompasses Orion, Ares, etc.
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#3
by
nacnud
on 21 Jul, 2006 04:19
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Strange, I would have thought that the name was too strongly attached to the pulsed nuke project. Still I like it.
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#4
by
simonbp
on 22 Jul, 2006 06:52
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nacnud - 20/7/2006 9:06 PM
Strange, I would have thought that the name was too strongly attached to the pulsed nuke project. Still I like it.
Only within the space-nerd community; for public consumption, it's pretty good...
Simon
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#5
by
astrobrian
on 22 Jul, 2006 13:45
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When they announced ARES they had the project insignia that went with it. Does anyone have the ORION one?
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#6
by
punkboi
on 22 Jul, 2006 16:28
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simonbp - 21/7/2006 11:39 PM
nacnud - 20/7/2006 9:06 PM
Strange, I would have thought that the name was too strongly attached to the pulsed nuke project. Still I like it.
Only within the space-nerd community; for public consumption, it's pretty good...
Simon
What Simon said
astrobrian - 22/7/2006 6:32 AM
When they announced ARES they had the project insignia that went with it. Does anyone have the ORION one?
Orion wasn't officially announced by NASA yet...so the insignia is still probably under wraps
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#7
by
collectSPACE
on 11 Aug, 2006 14:57
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#8
by
Jon_Jones
on 11 Aug, 2006 17:40
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Thanks for the Nifty update!!!!!
Now, I just hope it still gets a chance to fly......
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#9
by
mlorrey
on 11 Aug, 2006 18:41
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The benefit for NASA of coopting both the Ares and Orion names is that this will help obliterate in Google and other search engines any high ranking references to the original Ares and Orion projects, which both embarassed the performance of NASA in their own respective ways. A real MiniTru operation.
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#10
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Jim
on 11 Aug, 2006 18:58
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Another conspiracy? Orion wasn't NASA's and the other Ares isn't a "real" (approved/confirmed) mission
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#11
by
mlorrey
on 11 Aug, 2006 19:20
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Orion was a government proposal that puts NASA throw-weights to shame, Ares was a cheap shuttle replacement HLV proposal from way back that is much cheaper than VSE. I am sure NASA gets a few tons of mail a year asking when it's gonna pull its head out and build either or of these projects.
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#12
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Jim
on 11 Aug, 2006 19:26
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Orion used nukes. This is the other current ARES, Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey
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#13
by
Jon_Jones
on 11 Aug, 2006 19:34
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is there any chance of the orion CEVgrowing to 5.5 meters in diameter any time soon, or is that volume simply not needed and leading to unwarented cost?
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#14
by
publiusr
on 18 Aug, 2006 20:06
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Jim doesn't seem to think so--but a Stumpy or DSD option would allow for a larger CEV--or even Big Gemini.
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#15
by
jacqmans
on 22 Aug, 2006 21:20
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Astronaut reveals name of new moonship
http://collectspace.com/ubb/Forum35/HTML/000310.html(Quote) "Williams let it slip Tuesday that the new vehicle's name is Orion.
"We've been calling it the crew exploration vehicle for several years, but today it has a name... Orion," Williams said, taping a message in advance for the space agency that was transmitted accidentally over space-to-ground radio".
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#16
by
hyper_snyper
on 22 Aug, 2006 21:29
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Any date yet on the annoucement? Is it really next week?
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#17
by
jacqmans
on 22 Aug, 2006 21:30
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31 august....
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#18
by
Jason
on 23 Aug, 2006 00:23
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#19
by
astrobrian
on 23 Aug, 2006 00:40
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I thought I had heard the orion name a few weeks ago. How is this something new? Or was it just never official til now
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#20
by
nacnud
on 23 Aug, 2006 15:14
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The BBC has an
article on this, aparantly the name Orion was to be kept a secret untill the CEV award on the 31st but the name got out after an astronaut on the ISS was prerecording an announcement that was then acidentaly broadcast.
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#21
by
Shorty Powers
on 24 Aug, 2006 01:42
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Okay, I give up.
What ever became of "Altair" and "Artemis?" I don't think NASA has announced any usage of those names, have they?
Is Orion JUST the modern-day equivalent of the CSM, or does it cover the lander, too?
Ares I and Ares V are easy-enough to understand.
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#22
by
Jim
on 24 Aug, 2006 02:04
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Orion is for the CEV
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#23
by
Linden
on 02 Sep, 2006 18:46
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When viewed head-on the LM CEV with its round solar arrays is strikingly reminiscent of the three stars in Orion's belt. So one has to wonder which came first, the name or the round solar panels.
Did a LM employee say "Hey! They're going to call it Orion. Quick, put big round solar arrays on it and we're sure to lock up the contract!"?
Or did a NASA official say "Well it's looking like that mouse-eared LM proposal is going to win. Orion would sure be a cool name for it."?
Linden
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#24
by
hyper_snyper
on 02 Sep, 2006 19:14
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Linden - 2/9/2006 2:33 PM
When viewed head-on the LM CEV with its round solar arrays is strikingly reminiscent of the three stars in Orion's belt. So one has to wonder which came first, the name or the round solar panels.
Did a LM employee say "Hey! They're going to call it Orion. Quick, put big round solar arrays on it and we're sure to lock up the contract!"?
Or did a NASA official say "Well it's looking like that mouse-eared LM proposal is going to win. Orion would sure be a cool name for it."?
Linden
Neither. Skip Hatfield explained the reason for the round solar arrays at the press conference. Naming has nothing to do with design, especially with NASA. It's just a coincidence I would imagine.
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#25
by
Linden
on 02 Sep, 2006 19:16
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I knew I should have said I was just kidding in my first post.
Linden
