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| 519.1 | Is this MIR 2? | 26523::KLAES | The Universe, or nothing! | Tue Apr 17 1990 15:51 | 43 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: NASA Headline News for 04/16/90 (Forwarded)
Date: 16 Apr 90 19:57:14 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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Monday, April 16, 1990 Audio: 202/755-1788
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This is NASA Headline News for Monday, April 16:
The Soviet space organization say they plan to replace their MIR
space station in eight or nine years with a larger facility which can
hold 9 to 12 cosmonauts. Other sources indicate it may not happen
because of severe economic problems in the Soviet Union.
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9:00 A.M. STS-31 Countdown Status Report
10:00 A.M. APU/HST Status Report
11:00 A.M. Pre-launch News Conference
Wednesday, April 25:
4:00 A.M. STS-31 Launch coverage begins
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| 519.2 | MIR 2 upgrades | VERGA::KLAES | All the Universe, or nothing! | Wed May 06 1992 17:56 | 17 |
| Article: 43841
From: [email protected] (John F. Woods)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: MIR Space Station Upgrade Plans
Date: 6 May 92 15:37:47 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
According to the latest AW&ST, the CIS has announced their plans for
upgrading Mir (you know, the space station that's FLYING). Due to
budget constraints, they've abandoned the idea of replacing the
station with a radical new design, but will instead upgrade each
component of the original station in turn, starting with a new Mir 2
core to replace the Mir 1 core; somewhat larger and incorporating
everything they've learned about space station construction. Estimated
launch time for the new core is 1996, I think, meaning that Mir 1 will
exceed its original 10-year lifespan.
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| 519.3 | MIR 2 funded for 1993 | VERGA::KLAES | Life, the Universe, and Everything | Mon Apr 05 1993 15:56 | 17 |
| Article: 2746
Newsgroups: talk.politics.space
Subject: MIR 2 FUNDING
From: [email protected]
Date: 2 Apr 93 16:23:56 -0500
Organization: MDSSC-KSC
March 15 issue of Aviation Week states that the Russian parliament
approved 1993 funding for the Mir 2 space station. Assembly of the new
station would begin with a first element "base unit" in 1996, and the
new Russian station would be permanently manned by late 1996 or early
1997. Question: Why is the United States sending millions (and if
Clinton gets his wishes, BILLIONS) of dollars to the Soviets so they
can keep their social and space programs alive, yet we are cutting
funding for the American space program? Is there something wrong with
this picture?
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| 519.4 | MIR 2 Update | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Thu Jul 15 1993 13:38 | 33 |
| Article: 67048
Newsgroups: sci.space
From: [email protected] (Dennis Newkirk)
Subject: Mir 2 plans
Organization: Motorola
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 23:39:57 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (Net News)
Here's some dated news on Mir 2:
Mir 2 plans as of February call for 65 degree inclination orbit and
total mass of 80,000 kg.. Scientific module size has been reduced to
7500 kg., and a crew of 2-6 people is projected.
Source : M. Sergeyev, Kommersant Daily, Feb, 19 1993, p 3
Comment:
Mir in comparison has a mass (with 5 modules) of over 100,000 kg. This
also means that the Spektr and Priroda modules (20,000 kg. each) will
have to be launched to Mir, if anywhere, since they won't fit into Mir
2 plans. It had been suggested they might defer launching them to Mir
2 since Mir is nearing its practical life limit. Now they will either
go wasted or give the Energia NPO something to do until Mir 2 work
gets underway...
Of course all this must be taken with a grain of salt since plans can
change...
Dennis Newkirk ([email protected])
Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL
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| 519.5 | Utilizing MIR 2 and FREEDOM | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Thu Jul 22 1993 18:16 | 62 |
| Article: 67724
Newsgroups: sci.space
From: [email protected] (Dennis Newkirk)
Subject: Re: The U.S. and Mir
Organization: secure_comm
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1993 23:19:32 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (Net News)
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Matthew
DeLuca) writes:
> I've seen a number of plans in the past for various methods of saving
>money on Freedom that use Mir in various capabilities, starting with using
>it as a 'construction shack' and going as far as docking our hardware to
>it. My question is this: has anyone actually talked to the Russians about
>these ideas? Seems like everyone's favorite magic wand recently is to invoke
......
> Besides, would we really want to dock Freedom to Mir? Considering the
>declining state of health of the station, particularly the core module, it
>doesn't seem like it would be a wise idea.
Buzz Aldrin was one person who has promoted docking Freedom and Mir
elements together recently. In his case it was for servicing or crew
transfers, I think. He got quite a bit of press during the redesign
teams work, but I think he was mostly ignored by those in power, or so
the articles said.
Mir is not suited to aid building the Freedom design. Its just not
built with intensive orbital construction in mind. It is also to old
to seriously consider in plans for Freedom operations a decade or so
from now.
Mir 2 needs to be considered now in Freedoms design. Maybe we can
instead bring the Russians onto Freedom in the form of modules or
experiments, crew and launch services. After all, Mir 2 is not built
yet and I'm sure modifications could be made to their plans. Getting
them back down to 51.6 degree orbits will be a challange. They have
announced Mir 2 will be in a 65 degree orbit. We might have to also
give Kazakstan a piece of the action to get to 51.6.
Freedom could also be changed too but this may be more disruptive than
its worth. It's certianly worth a look at getting the Russians and
NASA together in space station plans and operations. On the other
hand, even with funding trouble, if I were in charge of Mir 2 I'd be
pretty hesitant at getting involoved in any way with Freedom. Talk
about a rock and a hard place... But, its not clear Mir 2 will be
funded and operated in future years, just as its unclear if Freedom
will ever be funded and operated as envisioned now. Its possible that
the US, Europe, Japan, Canada, and Russia will yet have to find a way
to work together on a single station to get anything done in the not
to distant future.
Mir is not totally useless since it is operating now and can easily be
used for long duration NASA missions until Freedom is ready. This is
what the Germans, French and ESA are doing with Mir, and NASA has its
first mission to Mir planned for 1995 so they're on the right track
and the 1995 mission should pave the way to more missions in the future.
Dennis Newkirk ([email protected])
Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL
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