Re: Orlando Sentinel Says it Has Moon Plan


Henk Boonsma wrote:

>
> From what I gather from the article NASA's aiming at a payload capabillity
> very close to that of the Saturn V (120tons in LEO), that's a pretty far cry
> from the 40 tons you're projecting for a generation that doesn't even exist
> yet!

120 tons isn't needed. 80 tons is fine for a lunar program. If NASA
wants to use SDHLV then best go with the existing hardware as much as
possible and have an 80 ton LEO capability.

Otherwise, 80 tons can be provided by two upgraded EELV launches.

> >
> > For CEV launching, a 20 ton capacity is fine. Delta IV and Atlas V are
> > already there.
>
> Someone in another post mentioned something about projected cost...
>
Yes - they were about the same. That's before the NASA uplift.

Ultimately, the only way to make SDLV cheap is to sell the hardware and
IPR and buy back batches of launches.

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