Re: What makes an ideal Moon base?

From: Jeff Findley (jeff.findley_at_ugs.nojunk.com)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:14:08 -0500

"Fred J. McCall" <fmccall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:k7r7u0tl47q63bnfvj21ueocctvps3036m@4ax.com...
> ISS became an aid program for the Russians. This was its death knell.

Without the Russians, there was little support for ISS. From what I
remember, Space Station Freedom was always a precious few votes away from
being killed before the Russians were brought on.

Jeff

> The real lesson is that 'International' is not a good model for
> operational hardware. It's where it is so that the Russians can reach
> it from their launch sites.

But that may not always be the case. Note the location of Russia's latest
Soyuz launch pad:

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESA_Permanent_Mission_in_Russia/SEMTE91A90E_1.html

Combine that with ESA's Ariane 5 for heavy lift, and now the US is at a
"high" inclination compared to ESA and Russia.

Jeff 

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