Re: Perhaps there's hope for NASA yet

henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Henry Spencer) wrote:

>>>A modest manned spacecraft with a bit of cargo capacity and the ability
>>>to fly cheaply and frequently could do an excellent job of station resupply.
>>
>>Unless we need to fly up any heavy components... Like a CMG.
>
>Something like a CMG is not "heavy" in the sense of requiring a dedicated
>Atlas V Heavy launch. Said modest manned spacecraft should be designed --
>such designs have been done in the past -- to be able to trade off
>passenger capacity for cargo capacity, with enough total payload mass to
>carry the singlest largest item that might be needed for repair/resupply.

Which, in this instance, requires considerably more than a 'modest'
spacecraft.

But, to admit that actual thought has to be performed in advance on
cargo issues is extraordinarily hard for many. It's easier to just
handwave.

D.
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Oct 5th, 2004 JDL
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