I wonder if America is ready to tolerate a vehicle with a 33% success rate, which is what Falcon 1 has. Talk about carnage. I laugh at how much stock you people put in the amatures at SpaceX.
Mod the parent down. It is pretty obvious that a Titan lander would have to have a carrier spacecraft for navigation, communications, targeting etc. All soft landers the US has ever launched have had them. To target a landing precisely such a carrier spacecraft would have to be in orbit about Saturn and approach Titan from the trailing side. It is not hard to imagine the spacecraft orbiting Titan. Furthermore, the fact Huygen's carrier signal was readily detected by radio telescopes on earth when the transmitter wasn't even designed for the task suggests that this is a non-issue.
Oh, by the way, October 2009 was the 3rd coldest on record in the US northern plains. Arguing global warming by anecdote is so discredited and self-defeating one wonders why the global warming hysterics still use it.
And that language boils down to: "no changes". Subcontract a part of the crew module out to Russia, Germany or France? No. Not unless Congress approves. Even if it'll get Ares off the ground sooner...nope. Cancel or delay Ares I to concentrate on Ares V? Nope. Even though Russia already has, and will continue to have, the capability to put people in orbit thus rendering Ares I redundant, while what's really needed is the heavy-lift capability of Ares V.
What a laugh! The whole motivation for keeping foreigners off of the critical path for Ares was the rather dismal performance of the Space Station partners on their parts. The good Senator has done rightly to restrain the nieve and reckless Obama Administration. I find it rather embarrassing to see Soyuz passengers wedged in to that primitive and outdated vehicle.
Nothing to see here folks. Move along. These eco-lunies want nothing less than control of the world economy. You gotta admire their psychotic ambition. Copenhagen is gonna be a total fiasco. What fun!
Amen to this. Has there ever been a scientific discipline with less predictive power than climate modelling, or one with more misplaced zeal to influence politics? I am glad the cover has been ripped off of the sewer of this discipline. Copenhagen is going to be a fiasco.
Of course the global warming hysterics true tyrannical intentions have been unmasked. Stories like this have zero credibility and do not belong in the politics not science section. How about a story about a space elevator?
I wonder how many 10's of billions of dollars have been spent studying muscle and bone atrophy in microgravity? Enough, I think, to launch a 1G rotating section on the space station so we never have to endure this silly discussion again.
Look at a map, Yahoo. Brownsville is about at the same latitude as Miami. The increased payload due to latitude would be negligible. And there aren't any safe launch azimuths at all. A direct easterly launch would drop a first stage on Miami. A high inclination launch to the ISS would put the drop zone in St. Louis. Nice try. Cape Canaveral was well chosen site, indeed.
Are you bitter for not getting a gold star? Seriously, I can guarantee three things. The results that I produce are very high (documentation available), the amount I receive is very low per student (documentation available), and I can guarantee I'm doing something about the problems.
I'll let this pass, as there is no way to verify it. I would say if all public school teachers were as good as they say we wouldn't have a problem.
Now let's compare this with your contribution to the solution...... please feel free to post your teaching credentials, or your volunteerism in the schools.
Sadly my contribution must be advisory only. Because although I have an advanced engineering degree I am barred math or science in public high school by the teachers unions. I design electical cardiac devices for physician clods who like you shield themselves from competition behind obscure credientials.
The problem is not the length of the school year. It is the profound incompetence of the public school monopoly and the lack of accountability of the teachers unions.
You don't know what you are talking about. The Delta IV Heavy was launched with a dummy simulator. LMCO had retired enough risk for the Atlas V with Atlas III that they really didn't need a test flight. Falcon I did carry payloads, though I am not sure a University of Colorado student project really qualifies.
My point that ISS resupply is sole source is valid, and you have said nothing to refute it. One has only to point to the bankrupcy of Sea Launch to see that the commercial market is highly competive, especially with state subsidized competitors like Russia and China.
This makes sense. Falcon 9 is uninsurable without a successful launch, so it cannot be used to launch a valuable satellite payload. Furthermore, NASA's space station supply contract is potentially far more lucrative than participating in the competitive market for satellite launch services. Good luck to them. They are going to need it
Welcome back Con! I wonder how long it is before Ingo "Kudos Con" Molnar rips of the new design? The kernel team has developed a very bad case of "not invented here." http://kerneltrap.org/node/8059
I volunteer the good doctor for the glorious one way journey. Suicide has never appealed to Americans, valorous though we historically are. American's prefer a sporting chance. That is why events such as Apollo 13 or SpaceShip 1 are celebrated so. Americans love it when pilots face the abyss, and pull it back at the last second. Read "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe and understand. The one way mission option may appeal Europeans and Muslims, however.
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I wonder if America is ready to tolerate a vehicle with a 33% success rate, which is what Falcon 1 has. Talk about carnage. I laugh at how much stock you people put in the amatures at SpaceX.
There is only one solution. Sarah Palin must be President!
Get used to a lot of "virtual" medicine with Obamacare, like in it won't be there. The taxes will be real though.
Mod the parent down. It is pretty obvious that a Titan lander would have to have a carrier spacecraft for navigation, communications, targeting etc. All soft landers the US has ever launched have had them. To target a landing precisely such a carrier spacecraft would have to be in orbit about Saturn and approach Titan from the trailing side. It is not hard to imagine the spacecraft orbiting Titan. Furthermore, the fact Huygen's carrier signal was readily detected by radio telescopes on earth when the transmitter wasn't even designed for the task suggests that this is a non-issue.
Oh, by the way, October 2009 was the 3rd coldest on record in the US northern plains. Arguing global warming by anecdote is so discredited and self-defeating one wonders why the global warming hysterics still use it.
And that language boils down to: "no changes". Subcontract a part of the crew module out to Russia, Germany or France? No. Not unless Congress approves. Even if it'll get Ares off the ground sooner...nope. Cancel or delay Ares I to concentrate on Ares V? Nope. Even though Russia already has, and will continue to have, the capability to put people in orbit thus rendering Ares I redundant, while what's really needed is the heavy-lift capability of Ares V.
What a laugh! The whole motivation for keeping foreigners off of the critical path for Ares was the rather dismal performance of the Space Station partners on their parts. The good Senator has done rightly to restrain the nieve and reckless Obama Administration. I find it rather embarrassing to see Soyuz passengers wedged in to that primitive and outdated vehicle.
It is an Aurora alright, like in the not so secret U.S. spyplane. Take that Ruskies!
Nothing to see here folks. Move along. These eco-lunies want nothing less than control of the world economy. You gotta admire their psychotic ambition. Copenhagen is gonna be a total fiasco. What fun!
Quite frankly, America rocks! I only hope the leftists in power will proceed forward with the Ares V which will be even more monstrous!
Amen to this. Has there ever been a scientific discipline with less predictive power than climate modelling, or one with more misplaced zeal to influence politics? I am glad the cover has been ripped off of the sewer of this discipline. Copenhagen is going to be a fiasco.
Of course the global warming hysterics true tyrannical intentions have been unmasked. Stories like this have zero credibility and do not belong in the politics not science section. How about a story about a space elevator?
I wonder how many 10's of billions of dollars have been spent studying muscle and bone atrophy in microgravity? Enough, I think, to launch a 1G rotating section on the space station so we never have to endure this silly discussion again.
$3.5 billion? This is a better alternative than giving the money to the UAW.
Wouldn't Obama be more deserving? He did speak in Berlin once.
Nice paper rocket, like the Kliper which was also celebrated on these pages. Meanwhile NASA actually tests its designs.
Look at a map, Yahoo. Brownsville is about at the same latitude as Miami. The increased payload due to latitude would be negligible. And there aren't any safe launch azimuths at all. A direct easterly launch would drop a first stage on Miami. A high inclination launch to the ISS would put the drop zone in St. Louis. Nice try. Cape Canaveral was well chosen site, indeed.
Are you bitter for not getting a gold star? Seriously, I can guarantee three things. The results that I produce are very high (documentation available), the amount I receive is very low per student (documentation available), and I can guarantee I'm doing something about the problems.
I'll let this pass, as there is no way to verify it. I would say if all public school teachers were as good as they say we wouldn't have a problem.
Now let's compare this with your contribution to the solution...... please feel free to post your teaching credentials, or your volunteerism in the schools.
Sadly my contribution must be advisory only. Because although I have an advanced engineering degree I am barred math or science in public high school by the teachers unions. I design electical cardiac devices for physician clods who like you shield themselves from competition behind obscure credientials.
The amount you receive per student is disconnected for the results you produce, and it is indeed exorbitant. What a con!
The problem is not the length of the school year. It is the profound incompetence of the public school monopoly and the lack of accountability of the teachers unions.
You don't know what you are talking about. The Delta IV Heavy was launched with a dummy simulator. LMCO had retired enough risk for the Atlas V with Atlas III that they really didn't need a test flight. Falcon I did carry payloads, though I am not sure a University of Colorado student project really qualifies.
My point that ISS resupply is sole source is valid, and you have said nothing to refute it. One has only to point to the bankrupcy of Sea Launch to see that the commercial market is highly competive, especially with state subsidized competitors like Russia and China.
This makes sense. Falcon 9 is uninsurable without a successful launch, so it cannot be used to launch a valuable satellite payload. Furthermore, NASA's space station supply contract is potentially far more lucrative than participating in the competitive market for satellite launch services. Good luck to them. They are going to need it
At least it doesn't interfere with Obama's Day of Service to our Government masters on September 11.
$3 billion annual shortfall? I have an idea. Let's negeg on Obama's $81 billion UAW bailouts, and bump up NASA's funding for the next 27 years.
Welcome back Con! I wonder how long it is before Ingo "Kudos Con" Molnar rips of the new design? The kernel team has developed a very bad case of "not invented here." http://kerneltrap.org/node/8059
I volunteer the good doctor for the glorious one way journey. Suicide has never appealed to Americans, valorous though we historically are. American's prefer a sporting chance. That is why events such as Apollo 13 or SpaceShip 1 are celebrated so. Americans love it when pilots face the abyss, and pull it back at the last second. Read "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe and understand. The one way mission option may appeal Europeans and Muslims, however.