Re: Why is the CEV so heavy?

"Jake McGuire" <jamcguir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1117242314.455886.98280@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Jorge R. Frank wrote:
>
>> Incorrect. NASA (specifically Mike Griffin) thinks of CEV as an
>> Apollo CSM with a larger crew. He does not believe that a CEV can
>> weigh much less than a lunar Apollo CSM.
>>
>> Griffin has been quoted repeatedly on this.
>
> In full awareness of how arrogant it sounds, I think that in this case
> Mike Griffin is displaying a lack of imagination.

That may well be. My point was merely that it's *not* because Griffin
thinks of CEV as a scaled-down shuttle, as Jim was asserting.

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