tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post8114022801901003134..comments2023-06-19T23:26:32.126+10:00Comments on QuantumG's Blog: Another Kind Of Shuttle ExtensionQuantumGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336493213317053535noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-48734690758661618542010-06-30T07:30:06.966+10:002010-06-30T07:30:06.966+10:00Thanks for the URL -- probably moot given Dragons ...Thanks for the URL -- probably moot given Dragons a no go for NASA crew - and I'm not at all clear how you'd get out of it in NASA space suits. Also wondering how many flights you'd need to do to equal a shuttle servicing mission.<br /><br />More interesting is how under commercial crew the per flight program costs will go up, possibly more then double, the shuttles per flight cost.Kelly Starkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859020384869273575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-59051177240188245932010-06-29T09:02:29.998+10:002010-06-29T09:02:29.998+10:00That url should work now btw.That url should work now btw.QuantumGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336493213317053535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-79180561252586095622010-06-29T07:20:44.797+10:002010-06-29T07:20:44.797+10:00Still, it does what nothing else on the horizon ca...Still, it does what nothing else on the horizon can do, and still isn’t up to the minimum you’d need to really do something in space. (Something past little research platforms etc. something seriously commercial.) And its more economical then "competing" systems. [Ok competing gets complicated on a gov bird operated to maximize pork.]Kelly Starkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859020384869273575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-72029548818922412612010-06-28T15:14:18.988+10:002010-06-28T15:14:18.988+10:00The Shuttle has plenty of capability that has neve...The Shuttle has plenty of capability that has never been used, yes. But that's not a virtue.QuantumGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336493213317053535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-15300063847601668032010-06-28T11:35:25.509+10:002010-06-28T11:35:25.509+10:00The link wasn't accessible, and shuttles also ...The link wasn't accessible, and shuttles also good for assembling and launch platforms or ships far larget then any HLV could - as well as its big aset, it can bring big things down -- like for servicing back at the factory?Kelly Starkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859020384869273575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-60373495859975866212010-06-28T08:52:49.604+10:002010-06-28T08:52:49.604+10:00The shuttle's capabilities are great.. for sat...The shuttle's capabilities are great.. for satellite servicing missions.. but there's other more cost effective ways to do it. I linked to one, go read it.QuantumGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336493213317053535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823501.post-80521274639662208042010-06-28T02:11:59.976+10:002010-06-28T02:11:59.976+10:00I'd be curious how you think ANYTHING in work ...I'd be curious how you think ANYTHING in work or proposed could match the Shuttles abilities? They have dominated human and cargo transport, and are the only thing fielded with anything remotely close to their capabilities. [At a cost much less then Ares-I\Orion alone.]<br /><br />Further its worth considering if you put the several billion [10+?] projected for commercial crew development and/or lifeboat Orion development, or the tens of billions for Ares\Orion or Constellation, into Shuttle upgrades; what its capabilities and affordability be?Kelly Starkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859020384869273575noreply@blogger.com