Tag Archives: Augustine

Jeff Greason

Posted on Thu, 2009-11-05 by gravityloss

The Man. On Space Review. [EDIT: About a month ago, but I only just read it.] This is just excellent. So many things I agree with, that go against the stupid myths of spaceflight and space policy. If you read … Continue reading →

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NASA's Mess

Posted on Fri, 2009-10-09 by gravityloss

Danny Deger @ Nasaspaceflight.com forum on Ares I selection in ESAS (I don’t know if this is true, I have little knowledge about the matter): The Ares data isn’t just ITAR, it is Sensitive But Unclassified as it should be … Continue reading →

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Delta IV Manrating

Posted on Thu, 2009-08-13 by gravityloss

Skimming the document (thanks NSF, Florida Today). Cute how a launch without an upper stage at all in the heavy configuration works out for ISS (burn SM fuel for orbit):

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Good News Everyone

Posted on Wed, 2009-08-12 by gravityloss

From Hobbyspace, highlighted by Transterrestrial Musings: The program of record (i.e. Ares I/V/Orion/Altair), which exceeds the expected budget substantially, will no longer be in the options table but kept separately just as a reference. Yes! The historic words have been … Continue reading →

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Reality and Future

Posted on Tue, 2009-08-11 by gravityloss

Jeff Greason is a rational person who simply gets it. It is mind boggling how completely opposite from someone like Mike Griffin he is. See Jeff’s presentation with the Augustine Panel. Paraphrasing, “we could go to Mars with Ares V … Continue reading →

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Heavy Lift Unnecessary

Posted on Tue, 2009-08-11 by gravityloss

There are a lot of implicit assumptions that heavy lifters of this or that throw weight must be used for future exploration beyond low Earth orbit. These “needs” have never been logically derived from anything. Yet space policy and exploration … Continue reading →

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Flexible Path for NASA Exploration

Posted on Sat, 2009-08-01 by gravityloss

Haven’t read it yet, but I wrote about something similar (and not in name only) a few years back.

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Midsummer

Posted on Thu, 2009-06-18 by gravityloss

I’ve to leave for a friend’s summer cottage in a bit. Meanwhile, I give you people who to refer to; people who “get it”: Clark Lindsey at Rlvnews, Jon Goff at Selenian Boondocks, Rand Simberg at Transterrestrial Musings, Monte Davis … Continue reading →

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Augustine Panel Session 1, comment 3

Posted on Wed, 2009-06-17 by gravityloss

It seems ULA finally got out in the public with their opinion on how long and what it would take to launch manned stuff or Orion with their rockets. It only took four years, laboring under threatening and suppression.  What … Continue reading →

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First big thing

Posted on Wed, 2009-06-17 by gravityloss

I think it’s Doug Cooke, presenting NASA things to the panel: Key exploration objectives slide: 2. To ensure sustainability, development and operations costs must be minimized Oh my. Next thing: [these things] “drives you to heavy lift”. Excuse me? EDIT: … Continue reading →

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