!spoilers below!I didn't catch the whole Apollo 23 crew but the CDR is Michael Collins (tidbit: had Collins not left NASA he probably would have commanded Apollo 17) to resupply the Jamestown base.
No sign of an Apollo / Saturn replacement yet. Will we go to Apollo 42 or more ?
Isn't that what Nixon sort of did with the Space Shuttle? And yet it helped to build up the aerospace industry in his home state of California.
Anders, still mulling both approaches, vividly recalls a call from H.R. “Bob” Haldeman, Nixon’s chief of staff, bluntly asking which option would provide more aerospace jobs in California. When he gave the obvious answer — the big shuttle — that was it. Click, decision made.The shuttle program was launched, the jobs were secured and NASA embarked on what Anders calls a four-decade-long detour. The shuttle was a spectacular vehicle, with an equally spectacular price tag: It wound up increasing the cost of spaceflight tenfold. “That is a 100-fold error,” Anders says, with clear disgust.https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/with-a-view-from-beyond-the-moon-an-astronaut-talks-religion-politics-and-possibilities/
The Jamestown design is interesting[spoiler]The propellant tanks look a bit small. Maybe it has additional tanks on the inside that can be reused to store the harvested water.[/spoiler]
Quote from: Nibb31 on 11/21/2019 08:43 amThe Jamestown design is interesting[spoiler]The propellant tanks look a bit small. Maybe it has additional tanks on the inside that can be reused to store the harvested water.[/spoiler]Garret Reismann says those are supposed to be the fuel tanks, but I did the math (based on the door size) and assuming symmetry those tanks are simply not enough to go from lunar orbit to the surface.If they were hydrolox engines and the base was loaded up wet workshop style it would work.
Actually, I'm even more curious about the Titan-launched cargo lander and what its payload to the lunar surface would be...
Yes, maybe a Viking-derived lander on something like a Titan IIIC-Centaur could deliver 1 metric ton of supplies.That would be expensive!
Quote from: Nibb31 on 11/26/2019 12:30 pmYes, maybe a Viking-derived lander on something like a Titan IIIC-Centaur could deliver 1 metric ton of supplies.That would be expensive!Well the idea that the US would maintain peak Apollo/Saturn levels of spending (and far exceed it to support a lunar base) is after all the most outlandish sci-fi element in this alternate history. IMO. ;-)
Quote from: Lars-J on 11/27/2019 05:17 amQuote from: Nibb31 on 11/26/2019 12:30 pmYes, maybe a Viking-derived lander on something like a Titan IIIC-Centaur could deliver 1 metric ton of supplies.That would be expensive!Well the idea that the US would maintain peak Apollo/Saturn levels of spending (and far exceed it to support a lunar base) is after all the most outlandish sci-fi element in this alternate history. IMO. ;-)The show does somewhat explain this by having the Vietnam War end early (with it being explicitly stated that funding is redirected to NASA). Outlandish a bit? Sure, but not "alien space bat" level outlandish. ;-)
They've already started production on season 2 so there's hope!‘For All Mankind’ Drama Renewed For Season 2 By Apple
I am over the moon about this!🚀🌙
Sonya Walger [Molly Cobb] and Krys Marshall [Danielle Poole] have been promoted to series regulars on the second season of For All Mankind
