You see shuttle could be made cargo only if nasa wanted. nasa will want
this when they decide its just too unsafe to continue flying people but
flying unmanned few years allows completion of station. the fact auto
revendous was tested....
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DART and ITAR
April 17, 2006 -- Updated May 18th, 2006
I don't get it. It's ITAR protected to say that a good bit of the DART
spacecrafts flight software
was based on existing code developed for shuttle autonomous rendezvous
experiments in the
1990's (had the human element in the loop). This software was modified
to work without human
intervention. Parameters in the existing code to support human
involvement were not needed
and stubbed/capped. A couple of programmers (just before flight and
without authorization)
altered the code to include one of these parameters. This resulted in
the flight software acting
incorrectly during close proximity operations (and impacting the target
satellite twice- eat your
heart out DOD). What the DART software was made of is a matter of
NASA PAO release. I
don't see how it's ITAR to say what happened (but how would I
know.....).
Re: CEV PDQ ... He merely notes that DART has autonomous prox ops capability, and nowhere in his articles does he attempt to connect DART with an ASAT program. ... you'll not I said that the technology could be used for foreign satellite inspection as well as destruction in a pure ASAT role- the fact that Lewis lists DART in a discussion of military operations in space regarding close proximity operations is indicative of the fact that he realizes that such a capability has direct ASAT implications. ... are funded right now to look at aspects of this issue are really going to be a great help,” noted one NASA... In the realm of more recent programs by NASA itself, that were done in conjunction with the military, there were the NASA/USAF X-14 VTOL test aircraft, the NASA/USAF X-15 rocket-powered hypersonic flight test aircraft, NASA/USAF X-24B lifting body aircraft, the DARPA/NASA/USAF X-29 forward swept wing test aircraft, and the NASA/DOD ... (sci.space.history)
Re: CEV PDQ ... >>connect DART with an ASAT program.... the exact same things about DART,... The fact that a NASA official thinks all three programs have civilian ... The lack of any quotes from DoD officials... (sci.space.history)
Re: Not risking astronauts lives how about ascent abort? ... If NASA was committed to flying the shuttle until 2020 or beyond, ... and fix the foam....NASA will be lucky to retain a small robotic program... ... (sci.space.shuttle)
Re: next shuutle flight fall 2006 ... >> what they recommend would cost billions). ... > (which isn't needed since shuttles aren't flying).... > We're not talking about flying the shuttle to 2020, ...NASA should simply waive CAIB R9.2-1 and keep flying. ... (sci.space.shuttle)
Re: DART nearly a bullseye ... Looks like DART got a lot closer to its target that initially ... > Hope NASA and the Orbital Sciences folks can determine the closing ... "NASA originally developed the DART mission to test technologies for ... (sci.space.shuttle)
