| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 198.1 | Lets get our priorities straight | AKOV68::BOYAJIAN | Did I err? | Sat Aug 02 1986 07:53 | 5 |
| As many people have pointed out, it really would be a waste of
money to build another orbiter until any redesign plans are
completed.
--- jerry
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| 198.2 | I say let's build a fleet of 'em | CEDSWS::SESSIONS | Here today, gone tomorrow. | Sat Aug 02 1986 14:56 | 8 |
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Come on now, Jerry, there's nothing wrong with the design of
the orbiter itself, just its external propulsion system,
ie SRBs.
zack
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| 198.3 | | AKOV68::BOYAJIAN | Did I err? | Sun Aug 03 1986 20:52 | 6 |
| re:.2
Unless they want to put in any of the various escape mechanisms
they're mulling over.
--- jerry
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| 198.4 | | MYSTIC::LEKAS | Tony Lekas | Mon Aug 04 1986 19:56 | 6 |
| The damage to the space station program may not be as severe as
you think. Why could not at least some of those several shuttle
flight loads of material be done with ELVs? It would then take
at least one shuttle flight for assembly.
Tony
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| 198.5 | Payload size limits on current ELVs | MONSTR::HUGHES | Gary Hughes | Tue Aug 05 1986 11:59 | 9 |
| The current space station design centres around the size of the
shuttle payload bay. None of the existing ELVs can carry as wide
a payload (15 feet, I think). The proposed Hughes/Boeing MLV would
be capable of carrying the current design or something quite a bit
larger. This weeks AW&ST has some discussion about the MLV proposal
and an interesting article by Owen Garriott proposing a different
space station program based on the MLV.
gary
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| 198.6 | But then again, ... | LATOUR::DZIEDZIC | | Fri Aug 08 1986 09:49 | 9 |
| In the usual world of politics, things seem to change daily. I
heard a story on this morning's news that President Reagan will
"probably" recommend a replacement orbiter. The big question
is how to pay for it.
Not that I want to be suspicious, but this sure seems like a
political ploy to me. Nice little Ronnie wants a new shuttle,
but big bad congress won't give NASA the money.
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| 198.7 | A new bird for the USAF | ODIXIE::VICKERS | Don Vickers, Notes DIG member | Sun Aug 17 1986 17:07 | 8 |
| The new orbiter that RR is proposing would be especially built for
use out of Vandenberg. It's planned to be lighter than the current
fleet. The launch into polar orbit takes a lot more power and the
Air Force was looking at smaller payloads using the current fleet.
It's not clear where, if anywhere, the funding would come from.
Don
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