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Space/Science » in reply to Going to the Moon... then Mars... is like dumb... and dumber.

Seriously, if you want to replace the shuttles...

mip — 6/30/2009 11:18:30 PM (archived)

Replace the shuttles with something decent. You can't take the name "Orion" and tack it onto a conventional rocket. It's embarrassing.

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The whole thread (12 posts)

New cheaper Moon concept - Raoul - 6/30/2009 7:52:41 PM
- Argument about lunar orbit rendez-vous - Raoul - 7/4/2009 9:19:18 AM
- Just the old Shuttle "C",...it won't be built (n/t) - Ainz - 7/1/2009 9:23:26 AM
  - Cheaper argument not sufficient? (n/t) - Raoul - 7/1/2009 5:33:51 PM
- Going to the Moon... then Mars... is like dumb... and dumber. - mip - 6/30/2009 11:08:23 PM
  - Seriously, if you want to replace the shuttles... - mip - 6/30/2009 11:18:30 PM
- Move the engines under the ET. - Lee - 6/30/2009 10:18:58 PM
  - In a ballistic recoverable module (n/t) - TB - 7/6/2009 1:23:01 PM
  - That way, both the SRBs and the ET are exactely the same as now: savings! (n/t) - Raoul - 7/1/2009 5:27:08 AM
- You have your man-rated HLV! - Bowser - 6/30/2009 7:57:47 PM
  - re: Man-rated HLV! - Raoul - 6/30/2009 8:13:16 PM
    - Will humans even go back to the Moon now? - Socrates II - 7/6/2009 3:47:53 AM

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