re: Shutting down the Shuttle -

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Raoul — 4/4/2005 9:37:54 PM (archived)

Here's more.

The first thing to do is to keep an astronaut aboard ISS for more than 14 months, with as few refurbishing and visiting crews as possible, if the goal is a long duration flight away from LEO. (then longer and longer flights).
The ISS could change its focus and be quite useful. It might not be a launch platform for the Moon or Mars, but a place to test crews in a long duration flight, just as the Moon isn't a launch platform for Mars but a place to test crews exploring an alien world, with a gravity.

Raoul

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Slow Motion Train Wreck: Shutting down the Shuttle - ISS as well? - phil - 4/4/2005 7:35:16 PM
- Good intentions gone bad - Gary - 4/6/2005 7:03:09 AM
  - You still don't understand the reason for returning to the Moon - E.P. Grondine - 4/7/2005 12:50:58 AM
  - I agree - Lee - 4/6/2005 8:02:53 AM
- re: The United States can't maintain a station in low-earth orbit, let alone a lunar base or a mars mission - JYB - 4/6/2005 6:06:50 AM
  - If not the Americans, who else can do it? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 4/6/2005 7:51:41 PM
    - re: If Americans aren't doing it, Americans don't care. - JYB - 4/7/2005 12:25:26 AM
  - The ISS isn't worth maintaining. - Lee - 4/6/2005 6:14:13 AM
    - re: Start fresh ? - JYB - 4/7/2005 4:06:38 AM
- Do you really think that shutting down the shuttle and ISS will lead to manned Mars flight? - E.P. Grondine - 4/5/2005 11:27:51 AM
  - No & never said so - phil - 4/5/2005 5:59:56 PM
    - And exactly what is your position on the manned Moon plans, Phil? - E.P. Grondine - 4/6/2005 4:23:15 AM
      - P.S. For the record Simberg is hardly a "Mars Enthusiast" (n/t) - phil - 4/6/2005 1:50:53 PM
        
        It's the same crap that's been spouted for several years now - E.P. Grondine - 4/7/2005 1:03:00 AM
        
        re: It's the same crap that's been spouted for several years now - phil - 4/7/2005 2:06:33 AM
      - re: And exactly what is your position on the manned Moon plans, Phil? - phil - 4/6/2005 1:34:27 PM
- Good article by Simberg - Buck Galaxy - 4/5/2005 1:44:57 AM
  - Silver Lining - Peter Bruener - 4/5/2005 6:08:02 AM
- re: Shutting down the Shuttle - - Raoul - 4/4/2005 9:37:54 PM

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