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re: Why replace the orbiter with a cargo pod?

Doug Ellison — 6/4/2005 11:17:24 AM (archived)

You mean the Mars Direct Ares design?

Doug

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Shuttle Derived Launch Vehicle - Raoul - 6/4/2005 8:41:20 AM
- Why replace the orbiter with a cargo pod? - Lee - 6/4/2005 8:52:36 AM
  - re: Why replace the orbiter with a cargo pod? - Doug Ellison - 6/4/2005 11:17:24 AM
    - Similar, but more like the Space Island Group proposal. - Lee - 6/4/2005 7:45:16 PM
      - re: Similar, but more like the Space Island Group proposal. - Doug Ellison - 6/4/2005 11:13:54 PM
        
        We could also keep some shuttle type craft with such a system. - Lee - 6/5/2005 4:00:21 AM
  - What about also launching the ET itself into orbit? - Sam F. - 6/4/2005 9:38:12 AM
    - re: ET itself into orbit? - Raoul - 6/4/2005 1:39:19 PM
      - Another reason not to use the ET in space - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2005 8:30:22 PM
      - This has been studied to death - Gary - 6/4/2005 4:48:46 PM
        
        F***... what a good idea! - Adam - 6/6/2005 4:01:55 AM
        
        The colonists would need clear eustachian tubes - Gary - 6/6/2005 5:11:54 AM
        
        I doubt Mars would be very healthy for people without suits. - Lee - 6/6/2005 6:18:35 AM
        
        People work in fine dust all the time - Gary - 6/6/2005 3:52:20 PM

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