NASA and the Private Sector - Page 91

On May 26 2016 16:10 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Alan Sheperd's space flight was not an orbit.

if it is an orbit
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/general/180910-nasa-and-the-private-sector?page=90#1797

On May 27 2016 02:13 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
you can test how it impacts human physiology in real zero gravity situations.
that can't happen now.

also,we won't know what the factors are relavent until testing is done.

do you want a NASA video discussing this exact testing issue?

On May 27 2016 00:32 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
don't drop the context of my reply

your comment was "is space flight without orbits" my reply was shepards space flight was not an orbit.
7 flights more than 1000 miles out makes it hard to generalize what is and is not possible.

originally liquid fuel was the only safe way to put a human in space. as technology changed that "rule" disappeared.
as technology evolves the absolutes we thought we can never change.. .change... solid fuel started to be used for human space flight.

read my post. there are 2 options

however, there are 2 options in my post. the other one indicates your incorrect post at the start of this discussion.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/general/180910-nasa-and-the-private-sector?page=90#1797

again 5000 was just a hypothetical... and it is between the belts you were brought up. without anything further to back up your point.....its just looks like you are making up stuff.
the general point is....
lets not run around planning for 34 million mile space flights when we haven't gotten any further then 500 miles out in 40+ years
its like the Wright Brothers planning on offering paid flights to Australia before they've got their first plane off the ground.

but it is a great way to keep the tax money flowing into NASA while accomplishing nothing... and this leads to skepticism on NASA's motives.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/space-experts-warn-congress-that-nasas-journey-to-mars-is-illusory/

the context dropping and the van allen belt red herring indicates you are not attempting a real discussion.

On May 24 2016 06:27 Gorsameth wrote:

Sigh, there is nothing to do on the moon. How about politicians let NASA sort what is viable and/or smart.

NASA and Bigelow Aerospace are working closely to understand why the module did not fully expand today as planned. Engineers are meeting at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss a path forward for the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM). They are evaluating data from the expansion that has occurred thus far. If the data supports a resumption of operations, another attempt to complete the module’s expansion could come as early as tomorrow.

With the team focused on analyzing BEAM’s status, a previously scheduled teleconference for Thursday, May 26 at 10 a.m. EDT has been postponed until we have more information available to share. NASA will send an updated media advisory when the next step for BEAM operations is decided upon.

SpaceX is on schedule to fly two NASA astronauts on a test flight to the International Space Station by the end of 2017, but there is a lot of work to do to ensure the company’s new Crew Dragon spaceship is up to the task and ready in time, a SpaceX manager said Tuesday.

Benjamin Reed, director of SpaceX’s commercial crew program, said Tuesday that construction workers will install a crew access arm and other infrastructure for human spaceflights at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A this summer.

The seaside launch facility — last used for the final space shuttle launch in 2011 — is being leased by SpaceX to support flights by the company’s future Falcon Heavy rocket, commercial satellite launches and piloted space sorties, which will blast off on the smaller Falcon 9.

Meanwhile, SpaceX has finished qualification of the company’s own docking system to connect the Crew Dragon to Boeing-made docking adapters on the space station, and began testing of the capsule’s propulsion system, according to a presentation by Reed at the Space Congress 2016 industry conference in Cape Canaveral.

The Next Generation Launcher will use solid motors based on those used by the shuttle’s solid rocket boosters in its lower stages, and an upper stage powered by Blue Origin’s BE-3U liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engine, a company official said Tuesday at the Space Congress conference in Florida.

The rocket would launch initially from a refurbished shuttle pad at the Kennedy Space Center.

Orbital received a contract from the Air Force earlier this year to support development, although a final decision on whether to pursue the vehicle is not expected until the middle of next year.