NASA Shuttle Replacement's Problems Are Worsening

ausoleil noted that NASA's replacement for the shuttle, the Orion, is slipping behind schedule "'We're probably going to have to move our target date,' NASA exploration chief Doug Cooke told The Associated Press on Wednesday after Nasawatch.com posted the 117-page internal status report (PDF) on the moon program. The cost problems include an $80 million overrun on a motor system. The Orion spacecraft's design remains too heavy for the proposed Ares 1 rocket. Software development, heat shield testing and other complex work remain behind schedule or over budget. There are dozens of such serious challenges, many of which are 'worsening.'"

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yeah, that's right. i'm not a rocket scientist

[Anonymous Coward]

but i'll play one on slashdot and come up with all kinds of rubber band and duct tape solutions and act like my 11th grade physics class bests nasa engineers.

wait, my friends, you'll see tons of posts just like this except for that the posters take themselves seriously.

Re:yeah, that's right. i'm not a rocket scientist

[dotancohen]

IIRC the solution to the problem of running out of breathable air involved rubber bands and duct tape.

Because duct tape can be bought on any budget. Hell, it better be the first thing on the budget. Hell, it's probably holding the budget together.

The Intermediate Solution

[WwWonka]

NASA has reported that the delay and the budget crunch has forced it to reconsider a prior option that will now be built on the shores of Cocoa Beach, FL. It will include two one hundred foot towers with a very elastic synthetic band extending between them. A state of the art human reclining space momentum chair will be attached in the middle to propel future explorers into space...or some where father out into the Atlantic Ocean.

Re:The Intermediate Solution

[RabidMoose]

This solution contains rubber bands, but is detrimentally lacking in duct tape.

Re:don't forget zip-ties

[ArsonSmith]

My tool box has two items. Duct tape and WD-40.

If it moves and it's not suppose to Duct Tape it.
If it doesn't move and it is suppose to WD-40 it.