Re: Problems with Griffin's exploration architecture


"Brian Thorn" <bthorn64@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:31:59 -0400, "Murray Anderson"
> <murraya@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >> > Well, given that the EELV option costs *more*
> >>
> >>
> >> And carries less payload, also.
> >>
> >> Pat
> >
> >And exists, too.
> >Maybe there's some relationship here.
>
> ET, SRB and SSME don't exist?
>
> On the contrary, I think the SDLV option would be available sooner
> than EELV-Megas would be, and much, much sooner if NASA chooses the
> side-mount SDLV.
>
> Brian

The five-segment SRB for the "stick" doesn't exist. Neither does the SSME
with air-start capability. Neither does the rest of the upper stage. Neither
does the control system.
It's true that this thread doesn't make clear whether we're talking about
the CEV launcher or the heavy lift, but I thought CEV was implied. The very
need for heavy lift is itself in question, unlike the need for a CEV
launcher.

Murray Anderson


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