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• Commented on The Potential of Commercial Crew Transport

  One way ATK can cook the books is to leave out the cost of operating LC-39 and defer that cost to a different fund. It would have been interesting to see if launching the Shuttle from Vandenberg using its different...

• Commented on All I want for Christmas (for NASA)

  Budget: we have two wars costing nearly a trillion per year. The national debt is approaching 20 trillion. Talking about a budget for NASA right now is like talking about buying that huge new SUV and taking adventurous trips with...

• Commented on Trailer Park Space Drama Back on Tee Vee

  Having been in the Navy for 26 years (13 active, 13 reserve) I cannot believe that a "Full Bird Captain" would behave like this. My experience has shown that these kind of people are usually weeded out before they make...

• Commented on Will Dayton Get A Space Shuttle? (Update)

  Since the advocates of Orion believe the Shuttle was a horrible mistake that should have never been built, send them to Davis Mothan AFB to be shredded....

• Commented on First Orion Shipped From Michoud to Denver

  File this re replica of Apollo alongside the Replica of Columbus's ships, The Titanic, and other re creation of classic ships and planes....

• Commented on ATK (Apparently) Does Not Need NASA Money For Liberty [Update]

  If ATK can put this on the shelf with a price tag they can actually diver on...More power to them. Unfortunately, Vertical stacking at LC-39 already puts them at a disadvantage vs the horizontal integration as done with the Delta...

• Commented on House Appropriators Pull Out The Knives

  Everybody claims their pet government program only consumes 1% of the budget. Our evil invasions of the Middle East...."Only 1%" Our mega billion dollar yet useless new fighter...."Only 1%" and so on. Well, time to break out the knives and...

• Commented on House Appropriators Pull Out The Knives

  The national debt is over 20 trillion. The deficit is over a trillion. Time to cut. We cannot afford these expensive toys any more than a family facing forclosure can afford a new boat, RV, or dirt bike....

• Commented on ATK Wants To Sell NASA a Recycled Ares 1

  Blaming hardware after over riding the manufacturers warning is irrational....

• Commented on ATK Wants To Sell NASA a Recycled Ares 1

  1) Order a launch when the temperatures are below the limits set by the manufacturer. 2) When the manufacturer produces evidence of potential burn through even at temperatures above the lower limit, tell the Representative to stop thinking like an...

• Commented on ATK Wants To Sell NASA a Recycled Ares 1

  The abort signal was given after the ET exploded. Had Ares suffered the same failure, Mission control would not have known of a problem until they were all dead. Worse, The mismanagers of NASA would take even more risks with...

• Commented on ATK Was Against Commercial Crew - Before It Was For it.

  You absolutely can point at Obama and say that he killed it, that he could've saved it, and maybe he's just not a visionary and doesn't give a rat's rear about the Moon.(Quote) Why should Obama or anyone else save...

• Commented on House Republicans Want to cut $379 million From NASA

  The checkbook is in overdraft and our credit is maxed out. Everybody needs to tighten up....

• Commented on Video: Top 5 Awesome Things About the Webb Telescope

  Correction: It promises to be awesome. It is currently sitting on the ground behind schedule and over budget. Even if it flies, one Hubble like problem and it becomes space junk because unlike Hubble, it will not be able to...

• Commented on ATK Wants To Sell NASA a Recycled Ares 1

  Let them put their cards on the table and see where they fall. More than likely, their bid will be only the price of the rocket with NASA having to foot the bill for operating LC-39 under a different budget....

• Commented on ATK Wants To Sell NASA a Recycled Ares 1

  The factors you menti0on was only determined in hindsight. Even if Challenger had an LES, it would not have been used. Nobody knew there was a major problem until after it exploded. And yes, it was an explosion. The ET...

• Commented on The ISS Sales Pitch Is Starting to Get Stale

  My vision for a space station was one which had a wheel shape in order to generate artificial gravity, it would serve a an orbiting spaceport where atmospheric shuttles would dock in order to transfer people to deep space shuttles....

• Commented on ATK Wants To Sell NASA a Recycled Ares 1

  From the drawing, it appears it will be launched from LC-39. So much for cost savings! The Falcon 9 heavy will be able to fly for the cost of the Crawler transporter alone....

• Commented on ATK Wants To Sell NASA a Recycled Ares 1

  But if that same one failure (out of what, 250 SRMs flown?) happened in this stack configuration, wouldn't they abort safely?(Quote) Doubt it. The failure was so undetected and so catastrophic, even if there was an LES, there would have...

• Commented on Wishful Thinking About Shuttle Extension

  Another cost saver: Get rid of LC-39. ANYTHING you launch from LC-39 will not be inexpensive. Everything from the vertical assembly in the VAB to the operation of the massive crawler will make any launch from LC-39 expensive. Vandenberg AFB...

• Commented on Wishful Thinking About Shuttle Extension

  Have Commercial space look at the Shuttle and see what improvements can be made to it. Some cost effective back fits: - Replace the TPS with either the metallic variriant developed for the Venture Star or the Pic X used...

• Commented on Dream Chaser Makes Progress

  Plane or capsule has nothing to do with it. One can design an escape system for either. The problem with having an escape system with NASA's mentality is "So what! If there is a problem, the we have an LES!"...

• Commented on Dream Chaser Makes Progress

  I look forward to seeing this system work. We are only beginning to see the fruits of Obama Space. Between this and Dragon, we should have routine access to LEO. Once LEO becomes routine, then true exploration can begin. In...

• Commented on NASA Mentioned in State of the Union - the NASA of 50 Years Ago

  We have the Dream Chaser, Dragon,Space Ship 3 in the works, and some other commercial versions of the retro capsules. Currently, the Shuttle can lift more humans and cargo than any other system but the Advocates of returning to Apollo...

• Commented on NASA Mentioned in State of the Union - the NASA of 50 Years Ago

  Did I not mention Dragon as an alternative to Apollo remake? Dream Chaser VS Dragon.. Fly them off. Dream Chasers weak link is not the craft its self but having to buy a new Atlas 5 every flight....

• Commented on NASA Mentioned in State of the Union - the NASA of 50 Years Ago

  It is you who is stuck in the shuttle hating return to Apollo now schtick. "Everyone" is behind us, Capsules is all they can build. WE are the only one who were able to build a Shuttle. The first try...

• Commented on NASA Mentioned in State of the Union - the NASA of 50 Years Ago

  A return to retro spam canning is not the right path. You will NEVER have routine flights to the Moon using mega rockets, throw away landers, and disposable capsules. Apollo was killed because it cost too much. You threw away...

• Commented on NASA Mentioned in State of the Union - the NASA of 50 Years Ago

  A return to retro spam canning to the Moon is not a vision, it is a re enactment of past glories. I will gladly shovel more dirt on top of Orions grave....

• Commented on NASA Mentioned in State of the Union - the NASA of 50 Years Ago

  An inaccurate statement. The truth is that Von Braun has a plan to place a satellite in orbit before the Russians and could have done so had not the government chosen the failed Vanguard over his Jupiter C / Explorer...

• Commented on NASA Mentioned in State of the Union - the NASA of 50 Years Ago

  No, he killed an obsolete retro spam can who's only purpose was to re live the glories of the past....