Re: NASA RELEASES PLANS FOR NEXT GENERATION SPACECRAFT

"Katipo" <h.laughland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:DnJXe.13101$iM2.1105385@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Also why is it that the craft will be flying to the space station
> within 5 years but it will be a further 8 years before the first
> manned moon landing (according to the reports down here)?

Because the launch vehicle that will carry CEV to the station will be
developed in parallel, while the heavy-lift vehicle that will carry it to
the moon will not start development until after the space shuttle is
retired.


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