Re: Stick/CEV Propulsion News

On 4 Oct 2005 19:35:02 -0700, in a place far, far away, "Will McLean"
<mclean1382@xxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

>> >Which in turn leads to other questions. Once one has decided "what",
>> >the next one is "how". "How much will it cost" comes after that.
>>
>> Yes, but NASA has done it bassackwards. They've figured out how
>> they're going to get people there first, and not worrying about what
>> they'll actually do there until much later.
>
>
>What makes you think they haven't? The plan is explictly geared to
>allow a fairly robust lunar presence: up to 20 tonne payloads landed on
>the surface per cargo flight, and an outpost that can be occupied as
>long as desired supported by crewed flights every six months.

One man's "robust presence," is another's "Apollo 2.0."
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