Re: Griffin Wants Inline SDLV and 5 Segment SRB/CEV


"Scott Lowther" <scottlowther@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Then there'll be no going back to the moon for VSE, since EELV is
> *clearly* the wrong approach, and Space-X, T-space and the rest, nice as
> they are (I've invested enough friggin' money in this area...), are just
> too damned small. All that's left are Russians and the French. Do you
> *really* want to hang another major space program on their reliability?

No, I don't. Neither do I want to see NASA try to develop and own/operate
TWO exclusive NASA launch systems, while trying to run an exploration
program on other worlds at the same time. NASA simply does not have the
budget, nor will it receive it in the years to come. VSE will go the way of
Apollo under this scheme, flying a few missions, then collapsing under the
fiscal weight of the architecture.

EELV may be "clearly" the wrong approach to you, but at least it offered the
promise of reduced launch costs through higher production rates and a
diverse customer base.

> Of course, NASA isn't designing these vehicles.

Their fingers will be all over this pie, and since MSFC will be the lead
center I don't hold out much hope of seeing it successfully completed.

> "The only thing that galls me about someone burning the American flag is
> how unoriginal it is. I mean if you're going to pull the Freedom-of-speech
> card, don't be a hack, come up with something interesting. Fashion Old
> Glory into a wisecracking puppet and blister the system with a scathing
> ventriloquism act, or better yet, drape the flag over your head and
> desecrate it with a large caliber bullet hole." Dennis Miller

Ironically, burning the flag is one of the recommended methods of flag
disposal (with respect, of course).


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