Re: SpaceX aiming for ISS payloads?

On 2 Aug 2005 17:22:32 -0700, vince@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>
>I think SpaceX has said they plan to make something bigger than the
>Falcon-V.
>This would be big. If it was big enough to handle ISS payloads, then
>NASA
>could retire the shuttle and still meet their international
>obligations.
>I would expect SpaceX to make good money and NASA to save huge.

All of the US/European/Japanese ISS hardware has already been built
and was designed for launch in the Shuttle payload bay. The only
reasonable way to launch them without a costly overhaul would be on
Shuttle or an unmanned version of the Shuttle.

Brian
.

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