Re: Bush says about the shuttle....and that the White House would not be all that upset if it never flew again.



> If NASA is not able to complete the job of building the station, if it
> is unwilling to fly the shuttle 19 more flights, then why should
> anyone trust NASA to be able to complete that mythical CEV ?

CEV has to be sustainable.


This is of the paramount importance.



If CEV launches can be sustained over a long period of time than it will
have a true merit, it will be useful, it will be reliable.



Only when NASA will be able to launch CEV whenever and at will, it will be
possible to say that the CEV project has been a success.



This is perhaps the only reason why Soyuz is considered successful. It is
not very capable, nor trendy, nor pretty but it is a true workhorse. And for
what is worth it's doing its job.


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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Shuttle replacement on the boards?
    ... NASA is still working on what they want CEV to be. ... CEV will launch on either Atlas 5 or Delta IV, ... neighboring Pad 40 after Titan IV retires, Delta IV by building a pad ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)
  • Spacefaring by bureaucrats
    ... NASA formally has released its request for proposals -- the detailed ... A close look at that RFP, however, raises questions about whether the ... September NASA will choose two contractors to build competing ... NASA intentionally has tried to keep its requirements for the CEV ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • CEV design tweaked
    ... CEV Makeover: NASA Overhauls Plans for New Spaceship ... and a new human-rated booster with an Apollo-era upper stage engine. ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: Space station future adrift (Soyuz purchase crisis)
    ... This is essentially the argument that NASA has had all along for whatever ... their current generation of CEV would be. ... Apollo derived capsule. ... and with interior updates, you could have added a bit more lift to the ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: Perhaps theres hope for NASA yet
    ... funding had been made prior to the end of the previous programme. ... NASA can't start to do real work on the ... And Until there is a clear definition of what the CEV will ... Shuttle now has a very defined and finite mission. ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)