Re: Lame CEV windows
- From: "Michael Rhino" <news2005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:32:32 GMT
"Tom Cuddihy" <tom.cuddihy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Henry Spencer wrote:
>> In article <1130296146.969566.28510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> <hasss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >I understand the design will change a bit, but is there is technical
>> >reason to need little tiny apollo style windows on this thing? Why cant
>> >you build big windows like the shuttle has on a capsule?
>>
>> Big windows are heavy, which matters more to a smaller vehicle, and they
>> are difficult to protect against the higher temperatures of a capsule
>
> As they say on submarines...windows are for tourists...
NASA should be thinking about tourists, because it is hard to justify more
than 6 flights to the moon without them and it is hard to justify designing
a new vehicle for less than 6 flights.
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