Re: CEV Payload


"Dale" <drc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:35:45 GMT, "Von Fourche" <JugJugsJags@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> I've seen a few diagrams of the CEV on the net. But all I've found
>> are
>>the diagrams of the main area were the astronauts sit and operate the
>>craft.
>>I have not seen any area where they could put satellites and such.
>
> That's because there is none.
>
>> Is this thing going to have a lab/living area and mechanical arm?
>> Will
>>they be able to do with the CEV what they can do now with the shuttle?
>
> No.


Ok, from what I've read on this group it sounds like the shuttle was a
not so good space vehicle with its wings and all that. But how can the
future U.S. space vehicle not be able to carry satellites or carry a robotic
arm to fix satellites up in space? You could argue that satellites in space
are one of the most important things for the U.S.

So NASA is building a new vehicle (CEV) without the capability to fix
satellites and also doesn't have a lab/living area like the currently
shuttle?
Isn't this a step back and not a step in the future?




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