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Posted by WillD on Thu Sep 24 02:18:12 2009, in response to Re: House Panel Resists Changes in NASA Space Program, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Sep 23 18:02:18 2009. Is there anything you can't turn into a pointlessly partisan rant?In any event I've seen that site a few times. It's interesting that the Falcon 9 now has a date set for its first launch, just two months from now. But I'm not particularly interested in how NASA does with respect to Florida. NASA isn't a works program, despite what the Florida congressional delegation seems to think. I'm more interested in their abiliy to convert the existing launch infrastructure and existing components into a crew launcher for the Orion and a heavy lift system which can finally get us out of low earth orbit on a sustainable basis. If we're going to discard the shuttle hardware then they could just as easily launch from Wallops Island in VA, or from a platform in the ocean as from a site in Florida. Hell, the ultimate crew launch vehicle would probably be a Single or Two Stage To Orbit vehicle capable of taking off from somewhere in close proximity to NASA's HQ in Houston and reaching orbit a low inclination orbit somewhere around the Equator. |
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