Re: CEV launch - Stick or HLV?


Pat Flannery wrote:
> Alex Terrell wrote:
>
> >
> >So is NASA
> >a. Going to use the HLV to launch crew to the moon?
> >
> >
>
> The NASA drawings of the HLV that came out a couple of weeks ago show it
> with an escape tower and CEV or CVX on it.; I assume for the Moon
> mission- unless they just invented a expendable capable of doing the
> Shuttle's cargo mission with a crew on board.
>
This contradicts what Paris said.

> >b. Use the Stick, and transfer the crew or extra propellant tanks?
> >
> >If (a), then how much use will the Stick have? Is it necessary? It
> >seems the HLV is needed to take a CEV to the moon and back, and for LEO
> >access T-Space seems a much more cost effective option:
> >
> >
>
> I think the Stick is designed to carry the CEV on orbital missions- for
> space station support and orbital construction of whatever they end up
> using for the Mars flight.
>
Seems like a big waste of $5 billion.

Unless of course you believe the Stickis to preserve jobs, prestige and
capability in NASA.

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Astronaut joke
    ... A member of the crew said they were practicing for their trip to the ... to the moon with the astronauts. ... Recognizing a promotional opportunity for the spin-doctors, the NASA ... they asked the son to translate it. ...
    (sci.space.history)
  • Re: Moon Landing a Hoax??!! Real Evidence here>>>
    ... > | America's Moon Expedition a Fake? ... > good sources on what that technology can and cannot do. ... > NASA administrator Jim Webb into the Oval Office and reminded him to keep ... Here the conspiracy theorists try to manufacture a discrepancy. ...
    (sci.astro)
  • Re: Brad Guth feeds the brown-nosed incest cloned clowns of usenet
    ... There's so much salt associated with our moon that it leaves little ... that our NASA has been exactly the sort phony ... The math proves this being worth nearly zilch if not ... impossible with the limited amount of such retroreflectors and dealing ...
    (sci.physics)
  • NASAs Moon Vision: Action Plan or High-Tech Hallucination?
    ... NASA will have to fake a moon trip to ... NASA's Moon Vision: ... exploration architecture, while underscoring budgetary concerns. ... Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, a geologist and former U.S. Senator ...
    (soc.culture.malaysia)
  • Krauthammer now, Krauthammer then
    ... Why a Moon Mission Is Worth the Money ... quite as beautiful as the space station and the shuttle that services ... You cannot justify a $17 billion NASA budget or $6 billion for manned ... space shuttle never was. ...
    (sci.space.policy)