tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post404700317382666416..comments2023-04-01T13:39:24.156-07:00Comments on RocketsAndSuch: Steroid WIthdrawlRocket Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109496878476775729noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-88073182255206840132009-04-23T19:58:00.000-07:002009-04-23T19:58:00.000-07:00Too bad Griffin is gone. I would have loved to hav...Too bad Griffin is gone. I would have loved to have witnessed the "Gift of the Magi" absurdity of the Orion program getting cancelled in order to fund the completion of the Stick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-52001137440911573922009-04-22T21:02:00.000-07:002009-04-22T21:02:00.000-07:00I now no longer have any confidence even the Orion...I now no longer have any confidence even the Orion can be closed. If Hanley/Cooke/Ivins have agreed<br />to slash the requirements to 4 to ISS, then<br />lets just end this clown show.<br /><br />Switch to Delta 4,Heavy, put an apollo crew<br />capsule on it, put a smaller escape tower on, preferably with a liquid pressure fed escape tower.<br />Update the Service module.<br /><br />Bang 5 to ISS, 3 to the moon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-84363075094463895152009-04-21T18:14:00.000-07:002009-04-21T18:14:00.000-07:00Put Orion on either EELV and you have a space prog...Put Orion on either EELV and you have a space program. Ares 1 is done. Grab the yellow handle and get off while you can. <br /><br />I did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-48723461723218774242009-04-20T04:52:00.000-07:002009-04-20T04:52:00.000-07:00I think that we are now in the last lap for Ares-...I think that we are now in the last lap for Ares-I. Its performance is <I>so</I> bad, its cost is <I>so</I> great and its schedule is <I>so</I> slipped that I cannot see Congress being willing to indulge NASA on this failed program any further. The Viceroy's latest changes actually remove all the Orion's mission functionality. It cannot rotate 6-man ISS crews, it cannot deliver four crew to the Moon for a long-duration stay and it cannot be reused.<br /><br />So... then what?<br /><br />Well, Orion will probably revert to the land-recovery version (I believe this configuation was called the '606') and will have a lot of critically-needed bits put back that were removed so it would fit on a Stick. Hopefully, a booster that exists will be selected to get it off the ground when it becomes available, which likely will be some time in the early/middle of the next decade as a 'taxicab' for taking crews to the ISS. <br /><br />Beyond that, a budget HLLV program will be needed. After all the cash poured down the drain in an attempt to bring the Emperor's brainchild to life, there is very little availble for something as ambitious as the Ares-V. This, of course assumes that Obama doesn't finally kick over the card table and pull the plug on VSE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-13823753921003356282009-04-19T21:18:00.000-07:002009-04-19T21:18:00.000-07:00> Instead, the program will now
> "veri...> Instead, the program will now<br />> "verify" that all the correct<br />> paperwork is in place "validating"<br />> that the right work was<br />> accomplished.<br />Were you at SBR?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-17966459753025658372009-04-19T18:55:00.000-07:002009-04-19T18:55:00.000-07:00Why not just do it with 2 then? I mean most airpl...Why not just do it with 2 then? I mean most airplanes get flown with two- isn't that enough? I am sure they could go to the moon, look around, make a notable quote and fly back. Mission Accomplished!! <br /><br />If we are looking at cheap and fast that might be the ticket! Science be damned. This is all about Florida jobs. In fact they could do it with zero. Just hire all the people and make sure they work in Florida and build one rocket and they spend decades upgrading and modifying and testing and committee-ifying it until it corrodes to the launcher. Same ultimate effect. Then they can buy a ticket on a Chinese moon rocket in 2025.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-79262124611251837482009-04-19T18:23:00.000-07:002009-04-19T18:23:00.000-07:00To verify that the proper paperwork is in place? F...To verify that the proper paperwork is in place? For what? Evidence for the grand jury? Counting 'shalls' is no substitute for real system engineering.<br /><br />NASA proved they didn't want that stuff around to muddy up the waters so they ordered the contractor to stomp on anyone that took issue with their quasi specs which were mostly toner and paper flying in loose formation.<br /><br />The managers of the large contractor have been converted to NASA drones, answering the sirene call, they ceased to behave like contractor employees much to the dismay of and detriment to those they supervise.<br /><br />It is waaayyyy too late for system engineering to save the stick. The snicker factor is starting to rise exponentially. When the top dog decides to exercise a discipline which his entire organization is totally devoid of - there can be nothing but trouble ahead for all concerned.<br /><br />What was the name of that truck driving academy? Truck Masters? We might all need that number before long!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com