Re: Someone to defend the Stick?
- From: "Alex Terrell" <alexterrell@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 10 Sep 2005 11:16:07 -0700
Scott Lowther wrote:
> >>
> >I think this gets to the heart of the point. Using the Stick to launch
> >crew to the ISS would also be a tad excessive. A capsule to deliver 4
> >crew to ISS could and should weigh less than 10 tons.
> >
> >
> How about all the supplies and new moduels and whatnot? What would
> *they* weigh?
>
Supplies could be delivered by Progress, Arianne, EELV, Falcon 5 or 9,
Zenit. Most of these will be cheaper than a man rated stick.
A new module? Depends. The ultimate would be to use the HLV to deliver
a 100 ton, 10m diameter module.
But with a variety of options able to deliver up to 25 tons, and an HLV
able to deliver 100 tons, I don't see any benefit in spending $5bn to
create something with a capacity of 40 tons.
.
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