tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post5082591832854417021..comments2023-04-01T13:39:24.156-07:00Comments on RocketsAndSuch: "Build it and they will come?"Rocket Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109496878476775729noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-6419129854410109382008-06-06T00:08:00.000-07:002008-06-06T00:08:00.000-07:00I'd say to quantify the workMost of us who do this...<I>I'd say to quantify the work</I><BR/><BR/>Most of us who do this kind of stuff use Joules per mol, temperature, pressure and exhaust velocity.<BR/><BR/>SI units please. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-40938999212732415342008-06-05T18:01:00.000-07:002008-06-05T18:01:00.000-07:00Actually i can quantify the amount of workneeded t...Actually i can quantify the amount of work<BR/>needed to get the payload into the ISS.<BR/><BR/>The European ATV and the Russian Progress<BR/>serve as wonderful measures of the<BR/>amount of work needed<BR/><BR/>So, i'd say to quantify the work as more then<BR/>doing a progress and less then an ATVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-84224814160769940122008-06-05T09:38:00.000-07:002008-06-05T09:38:00.000-07:00The EELV is a great booster,but, there is a lot of...<I>The EELV is a great booster,<BR/>but, there is a lot of work to get<BR/>the payload into the ISS.</I><BR/><BR/>But you can't actually quantify the amount of work required, can you?<BR/><BR/>Let me help you out. Large inline SRBs are not required to get to low Earth orbit or the ISS. Clear enough?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-83903596110028852882008-06-05T08:49:00.000-07:002008-06-05T08:49:00.000-07:00The EELV is a great booster,but, there is a lot of...The EELV is a great booster,<BR/>but, there is a lot of work to get<BR/>the payload into the ISS.<BR/><BR/>The French spent a fortune on the ATV.<BR/><BR/>Had NASA funded some small Progress<BR/>like capsules, that would provide a<BR/>transportation solution.<BR/><BR/>It's not technically hard, but you need to spend<BR/>2-3 hundred million to do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-10547695586229680212008-06-02T21:00:00.000-07:002008-06-02T21:00:00.000-07:00Unfortunately none of them bothered considering ho...<I>Unfortunately none of them bothered considering how to solve the fundamental transportation problem.</I><BR/><BR/>Er ... they're called (E)ELVs.<BR/><BR/>Some things just take a while, especially if NASA decides not to use them, once they've actually got them.<BR/><BR/>Oh, well, I guess the EELVs will just have to keep launching sats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-29071537491326302052008-06-02T09:05:00.000-07:002008-06-02T09:05:00.000-07:00It's a pity, in the middle 1990'sthe SFF and their...It's a pity, in the middle 1990's<BR/>the SFF and their hanger's on were all<BR/>nthralled with the concept of "Alphaville"<BR/>the idea of using the ISS as a open trading<BR/>port. Unfortunately none of them bothered<BR/>considering how to solve the fundamental<BR/>transportation problem.<BR/><BR/>They were so enthralled with the idea of ISS<BR/>as a Frontier outpost, nobody bothered asking<BR/>how you got there.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the Silly people at NASA Marshall were<BR/>busy setting rates for rackspace crew time and<BR/>power, without ever considering what value<BR/>any of this provided.<BR/><BR/>It is kind of amusing to compare the NASA rates<BR/>for rackspace then to the rates now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com