Re: Delta Heavy too small for NRO sat
- From: Alan Anderson <aranders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:55:13 -0400
John Schilling <schillin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:27:07 -0500, richard schumacher
<no-spam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How big is the shortfall? Would Atlas V Heavy be adequate? We should
hope so, as the availability of Atlas V Heavy would further undermine
the rationale for spending billions on developing the "Ares" launchers.
No it wouldn't. Atlas isn't "man-rated", therefore it can't carry
the CEV. And it isn't a hundred-ton launcher, therefore it can't
carry the fully-fuelled propulsion module that will carry the CEV
to the Moon and back.
NASA will never waive those requirements,...
I thought the label "shuttle-derived" served as an explicit waiver of
the man-rated requirement.
therefore the Ares I and Ares V will still be required.
How wonderfully tautological of NASA to do it that way.
.
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