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More New Details on NASA's CEV Launcher Studies

TheEqualizer writes "Continuing on the NYT story on NASA's current CEV launcher plans, spaceref has an even more extensive look with detailed assessments of the available options. By all accounts, it looks like NASA is picking up where it left off with Apollo but also combining it with established Shuttle technology -- the capsule concept of the 1960s atop the shuttle boosters of the 1970s being the winning combination under the current budgetary limitations. However, is this coupling of old technology and designs really the best we can do?"

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  1. Re:OT: Mod point suddenly rare? by dan+dan+the+dna+man · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I browse at +3 and get much the same! I get fairly frequent mod points, I metamod daily, I haven't had a sniff of mod points this week, which is unusual..

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  2. Re:OT: Mod point suddenly rare? by TrippTDF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm glad someone else noticed... I remember very clearly having some mod points one day that disappeared.

  3. Re:OT: Mod point suddenly rare? by earthlingpink · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought it was just the case that everyone had been making really lousy comments for a couple of days...