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Talk about your screwed up process and chain of command as indicated by the most recent attempts to change the next shuttle launch date. In addition, work on further missions such as STS-116 and STS-117 were put on the back burner until such time as the Shuttle program's schedules begin to become a bit more real.
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=14267
Not sure of mission label meanings
IS WAS
STS-114/LF1 Launch NET 5/12/05 NET 3/6/05
STS-300/None Launch NET 6/16/05 NET 5/5/05
STS-121/ULF1.1 Launch NET 7/10/05 NET 5/5/05
STS-301/None Launch NET 9/6/05 NET 7/1/05
STS-115/12A Launch NET 12/8/05 NET 9/29/05
Nasa return to flight page
http://www.nasa.gov/news/highlights/returntoflight.html
Shuttle current status
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oc … tatus.html
I can just make out what looks like the carving of a river bed that heads towards the small crater to the right side of the photo.
Da Vinci X Prize Project Faces Final Insurance Deadline On Nov. 1, Feeney's insurance policy expires.
Well the congress is still at it squabbling over the funding.
Space money delays final '05 spending bill
http://www.al.com/news....160.xml
One more reason to beef up the ISS research lab capabilities for sample return analysis IMO. This should also include an atmospheric return as well.
When it comes to rocket build from any design we will always need to make modifications for the unexpected but it is the amount of time to build just one that is the problem when it comes to keeping cost low per rocket and for also building a higher quantity of them for use in a shorter period of time than is currently achievable.
Even the soyuz takes roughly 18 months to complete so unless you have multiple assembly lines going and multiple entry points within the build process for units to be built fast enough we definitely need all the varieties of rockets that we can get, even if they are from other nations.
The instrument package is as follows, but what peice of the PERSI imaging can Ball not provide and are there others currently being design by other makers that would do the job that are destine for other space probes still yet to be launched?
Science Payload
PERSI: Visible mapping, infrared spectroscopic mapping, and ultraviolet imaging spectroscopy (SwRI, Ball, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center)
REX: Radio science and radiometry (Stanford, JHU/APL)
SWAP: Solar wind (SwRI)
PEPSSI: Energetic particle spectrometry (JHU/APL)
LORRI: Long-range and high-resolution visible mapping (JHU/APL)
SDC: Student-built dust counter (Univ. of Colorado)
Also in the variation of cargo it is the most precious and has alot more variables with regards to mission weight for duration that must be calculated in to the design.
But the real trick to all of this is taking a non doctor and not a nurse to allowing normal people to be able to preform such surgery by this technique. Or to at least do the diagnosis portion.
Well in the airlock in addition to filtration of air you will also need a shower to rinse what dust has become stuck to the space suit as well. That is why I had proposed being able to drive the vehicle from the outside while in a stop and go mode of exploration. Otherwise they are in the protective cabin of the rover.
So imports versus exports for trade deficits, the tieing of the oil per barrel cost to the dollar which it is having an artificial inflation effect on the dollar, and the outsourcing of jobs have cause the caving effect of the US and of other closely couple nations economy.
So does that make the US currency the world or UN currency, I would hope not but if this is true then possibly the other info on the credit, banking and loans might be true.
If so then we did do it to our selves with the passing of law but like most laws they too have time limitations, ways to repeal them, to declare them unconstitutional and lastly to pass other laws that make them ineffective.
Another reference this time with if funded could have a working model in 5 years time.
Magnetic beams could power swifter spacecraft
Well the mag-beam article I just read mentioned if funded that a test model could be working in 5 years.
As for fresh fruit we have only tried snow peas on the ISS. Would make a terrible substitute for blueberries.
Well I am not convinced just yet that food packed for the two year round plus journey will tantalize my taste buds when it comes time to eat that last meal before getting off that very long mission to explore the red planet.
I know that freezed dried food is not all that great at times from my experience from the many years in the boys scouts on camping trips.
Well I would say that the first step is to start buying rockets that cost less than probably $100 million for either expendable or reusuable for crew or cargo, no the 1 billion that the shuttle currently consumes.
Next what ever is built for space use must also follow suit with regards to cost.
I also would say that the Russian's at least have a leg up on the concept of getting paying customers, though it is probably break even at best.
One to save on inside the rover contamination and on use of inside rover oxygen air lock function.
Here is a great link to past missions and of the future for mars exploration.
Mission to Mars: Risky Business
http://www.astrobio.net/news....thold=0
As we have seen with the deep space probes, an unforseen effect has slowed them. What is it, is this gravity or something new.
The Problem with Gravity: New Mission Would Probe Strange Puzzle
This article says it best:
Great nations have a responsibility to invest in the future - their own as well as that of the human race.
A new vision for space exploration
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunhera … 946593.htm
Is this truely how our only candidates feel:
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Space can wait until after Nov. 2
Candidates both say they support NASA, but other issues come first
I think that looking at self funding is also out in that the only model today is the ISS which though the purchase of time or on an experiment cost bassis would be lucky if it could pay for even one flight after going up multiple times.
So who ever provides the service needs to be paid a lot to compensate for the cost even before they can break even.
The question on tracks or of tires are difficult to answer until other details of the vehicle are hashed out.
Some topics have talked about the need for speed and of duration of time but these are both affected by terrain, vehicle and consumables volume as well as weight for the crew size using the rover. Then we have also had discussions on the vehicle fuel type or power source or multiple fuel and power combinations in addition to the engine type or though use of electric motors and of multiple motors as well. Things that affect the vehicle overall size, shape, weight, are basically consumables either directly by the crew or by the vehicles use for a given duration of time and not truly distance. Differing fuel sources are developed from insitu materials, solar cells, nuclear and save by storage devices such as batteries or even compressed air. Of these some require cooling to remain liquid while others need large tanks on the vehicle or towed behind on a trailer or by a separate vehicle for safety. Other thoughts are to provide remote refueling stations to allow for extended range and for time duration of use to stretch beyond a few hours to maybe a day or to hundreds of miles possibly even measure by the kilometers.
The need for a goal oriented rover is a must since there are no roads and to make such would ruin the chances for science in any form. There is no need for high speeds but to shorten the time for a second vehicle to reach any crew in need of help if while out on a mission that damage should keep them from coming back to the base. Even on the smoothest of terrain top speeds are 30 to 40 miles an hour at best while most of the mission will be in stop and go mode on the first few times out. Features for best use while in stop and go mode would be to provide external vehicle movement controls for operations, platform for astronaut to stand on while in motion, external consumable port hook ups to replenish power, water and O2 for there space suits. The cab would serve not only as primary but as a secondary atmosphere for the astronauts depending on the conditions of there space suits which is the primary shield from the Martian conditions that they will face.
Yes, some redundancy is a must for crew protection but also for safe rover operations. We must not forget that if any part fails while out beyond a safe walking distance to the base that they will only have a few options due to consumables at that time remaining not only in there space suits but on board the rovers.
Looking at the rover the main goal is to collect samples, plant or install remote sensing equipment some of which would be to monitor the atmosphere, mars quake studies and even drilling for deep core samples. I feel that all samples are analyzed back at the base camp and or for packaging and return to more advance earth labs.
Well it has been a little bumpy this time docking with the ISS but all was ok with the manual docking. It would appear that some sort of deal has been struck in order to keep going to the ISS.
Russia and NASA have agreed to develop a pattern for purchasing Russian Soyuz spaceships and other space equipment for the International Space Station (ISS) by 2006, Alexei Krasnov, head of Roskosmos' manned-mission programs, announced on Saturday.
"The pattern of our cooperation with NASA will incorporate both barter-based and commercial purchase transactions. It is expected to cover the Russian side's ISS-related costs over the 2006-2009 period," he said, answering a RIA Novosti question.
ROSKOSMOS: RUSSIA AND NASA WILL DEVELOP PATTERN FOR PURCHASING RUSSIAN SOYUZ SPACESHIPS AND EQUIPMENT FOR ISS BY 2006
Lets not forget about the magical worm hole in space the throw any ship entering them 100 of light years from where they entered.
On the note of black hole and of entanglement,I believe that I read that the data that would enter is not destroyed but I do not remember the total theory on it.
Still would be nice to travel near light speed or beyound in order to get to even our nearest neighbors.