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

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:32:02 GMT, "Kim Keller"
<kekeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Under this plan, NASA is going to have to immediately begin development of a
>new booster AND a new spacecraft. The fact that the booster is based on the
>STS SRB does not diminish the size or cost of what has to be done.

Of course it does. Claiming the Stick to be an all-new booster, which
you are seriously implying, is the same as saying Atlas 5 or Delta IV
are all-new boosters. But the government got them both funded and
built by insisting that since they were "evolved", they were cheaper
than starting from scratch (note that Delta IV also featured an
all-new upper stage). We've been calling Atlas 5 and Delta IV "Evolved
Expendable Launch Vehicles" for years. The Stick is an "Evolved
Semi-Reusable Launch Vehicle".

That you decry NASA proposing SDLVs while happily taking paychecks to
help launch one EELV or the other is disingenuous as best, Kim. I'm
not trying to be mean or harsh, but you couldn't possibly have other
motives for being against the Stick, could you? Your arguments sound
way too emotional.

Brian
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