Re: The first manned CEV flight will be Orion 5 in September 2014.


Rusty wrote:
Jeff Findley wrote:
The first manned CEV flight will be Orion 5 in September 2014.

Which day in September?

Sorry, a little attempted humor in lieu of said prediction.

Eric


The above is a quote from the following article:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4859

So the "safe, simple, soon" of Ares I won't give us a manned mission until
the third quarter of 2014, which is eight years from now. :-P

Jeff
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Here are lead times for previous U.S. manned spacecraft

Space Contract 1st manned
Craft Issued orbital flight Lead time

Mercury Feb 6, 1959 Feb 20, 1962 3 years 2 weeks

Gemini Dec 22, 1961 Mar 23, 1965 3 years - 3 months

Apollo CM Nov 28, 1961 Oct 11, 1968 6 years - 10-1/2 months

Apollo LM Jan 14, 1963 Mar 3, 1969 6 years - 1-1/2 months

Shuttle Jul 26, 1972 Apr 12, 1981 8 years - 8-1/2 months

Sources:

Mercury Chronology, Gemini Chronology, Apollo Chronology, KSC Shuttle
News Reference.

-Rusty

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