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[ronatu]

In the 1968 film, "2001: A Space Odyssey," astronauts shuttled from the Earth to an orbiting space station aboard a commercial space plane and private firms carried out many other functions in low-Earth orbit, including the Hilton hotel on the station.

This may become reality for space exploration if Congress accepts the recently announced approach in human spaceflights.

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In the 1968 film, "2001: A Space Odyssey," astronauts shuttled from the Earth to an orbiting space station aboard a commercial space plane and private firms carried out many other functions in low-Earth orbit, including the Hilton hotel on the station.

This may become reality for space exploration if Congress accepts the recently announced approach in human spaceflights.

A commercial space plane in 2001 movie was Pan American - "Живой пример тому - покойный ныне Иван Никифорович!" (C)  

[zyxman]

A commercial space plane in 2001 movie was Pan American - "Живой пример тому - покойный ныне Иван Никифорович!" (C)  

А он кстати должен быть с ядерным движком, да?

[frigate]

A commercial space plane in 2001 movie was Pan American - "Живой пример тому - покойный ныне Иван Никифорович!" (C)  

А он кстати должен быть с ядерным движком, да?

he history of sci-fi spacecraft design can be broken cleanly  into two categories: "Before 2001: A Space Odyssey" and "After 2001: A Space Odyssey."   Before Stanley Kubrick's 1968 cinematic masterpiece, spacecraft -- even relatively complex ones like "Star Trek's"   U.S.S. Enterprise -- tended to be more aesthetic than functional, and lacked significant surface features.  That all changed with "2001."  Not only were these spacecraft based on rigid scientific principles, but their surfaces virtually bristled with detail.  Panel lines were distinct, panels were non-uniformly colored, and one could practically see every rivet holding the ships together.  (This latter effect was achieved, in part, by detailing the filming miniatures with pieces "borrowed" from commercially available plastic model kits.  2001 was the first film for which this simple but effective technique was used.)

The first major spacecraft to appear in the film was the Orion III, aka the Pan Am Space Clipper.  A commercial space plane whose lines would one day be echoed in the actual American Space Shuttle, the Orion III achieved orbit by means not revealed in the film, but presumably landed like a conventional aircraft.  The vehicle had a limited seating area, suggesting that even in the "future" of the year of 2001, commercial space travel would be the province of only the very rich.

Somewhat inaccurate -- but still far closer to the filming miniature than Airfix's later Orion III model -- this Aurora kit hit store shelves in mid-1968 shortly following "2001"'s Easter release and featured a removable rear section that exposed the "atomic" engine that purportedly powered the vehicle.  (Such an engine was not suggested by the film.)  The kit was re-released with new box art in 1975 just prior to Aurora's demise and has not been readily available since.

This model is an original 1968 edition, recently refurbished.

Короче - создатели модели "изобрели" ядрёный двигатель (ничего подобного в фильме НЕТ)  :idea:

[zyxman]

Кстати, сайт на любителя:
http://www.kubrick2001.com/

[frigate]

Кстати, сайт на любителя:
http://www.kubrick2001.com/

У меня есть энциклопедия Кубрика на английском (исключительно для
любителей его творчества)  :wink:

[zyxman]

У меня есть энциклопедия Кубрика на английском (исключительно для
любителей его творчества)  :wink:

Я к сожалению пока творчество Кубрика практически не знаю, и могу считаться пока только любителем одиссеи 2001 :lol:

[ronatu]

Some Thoughts on the NASA Vision

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1378

[ronatu]

....John C. Stennis Director Gene Goldman said the new budget set forth by president Barrack Obama will provide NASA with an additional $6 billion, $3 billion of which will be used to develop a new propulsion technology....

http://picayuneitem.com/local/x295328425/Constellation-cancellation-not-end-of-Stennis

[Nixer]

Кстати, помнится, Горбачев тоже начал с закрытия программы "Буран".

[Bell]

Кстати, помнится, Горбачев тоже начал с закрытия программы "Буран".

Что-то с памятью моей стало, то что было не со мной помню...
Когда Горбачев "начал" и когда "закрыли Буран"? Конкретно - годы?

Если кто и мог "начать" с этого, то только ЕБН.

[Nixer]

Кстати, помнится, Горбачев тоже начал с закрытия программы "Буран".

Что-то с памятью моей стало, то что было не со мной помню...
Когда Горбачев "начал" и когда "закрыли Буран"? Конкретно - годы?

Официально закрыли при Ельцине, потому что это было политически болезненно. Но перестали финансировать при Горбаче, тогда же приняли решение, что полет "Бурана" будет первым и последним. Помню еще по телевизору была пропаганда, что наука не нужна, что все ученые - паразиты, что дефицит из-за "Бурана", что если закрыть "Буран" и науку вообще, сразу натупит райская жизнь и т.д.

[Bell]

Угу. А теперь попытайтесь таки вспомнить - когда Горбачев "начал".

[Павел73]

Горбачёв не "начал". Он попросту всё бросил. На произвол судьбы...

Главным же идеологом этого безобразия (ведь могли хотя бы законсервировать!  :evil: ) был Александр Яковлев.

[Liss]

Горбачёв не "начал". Он попросту всё бросил. На произвол судьбы...

Главным же идеологом этого безобразия (ведь могли хотя бы законсервировать!  :evil: ) был Александр Яковлев.

Или доказательство в течение 12 часов, или будет наказание за политический оффтопик.

[Павел73]

Горбачёв не "начал". Он попросту всё бросил. На произвол судьбы...

Главным же идеологом этого безобразия (ведь могли хотя бы законсервировать!  :evil: ) был Александр Яковлев.

Или доказательство в течение 12 часов, или будет наказание за политический оффтопик.

Была несколько лет назад телепрограмма про "Буран" (был ещё жив Лозино-Лозинский, он в ней участвовал). В ней участвовали также Бакланов, Башилов и ещё кто-то. И в ходе этой передачи была показана запись интервью с Яковлевым, где он прямо высказывался, что лучше дороги, больницы и школы строить; а космос, мол, мешает. Поэтому и прикрыли.

Вёл передачу какой-то известный телеведущий, но фамилию не помню   .

Однако оффтоп прекращаю.

[RemArk]

ведь могли хотя бы законсервировать!  

Не могли

или проект живет или разваливается кооперация и потом легче сделать новый

[ronatu]

Transformational Space Infrastructures:
First and foremost, there is an urgent need to dramatically reduce the cost of owning and operating space systems by at least a factor of 10 while significantly increasing the operational capabilities of those systems. This requires investments in the following technology areas.

1. In-Space Refueling, comprising the capability for cryogenic fluid (e.g., propellant) storage and management, and the safe and efficient transfer of fluids in space

2. Affordable Long-Lived Power in Space, including high-energy and high-efficiency solar electric power generation systems and modular/reconfigurable power management and distribution (PMAD) for use throughout the inner solar system (including on the surfaces of the Moon and Mars), and advanced radioisotope power systems for use in the outer solar system.

3. Reusable High-Energy In-Space Propulsion, which includes both high energy and high efficiency electric/electromagnetic propulsion systems, as well as high energy/high fuel efficiency, re-startable, and deep throttling cryogenic propulsion.

4. High-Strength and Low-Mass Modular Structures, including both systems and materials for modular systems, as well as a range of advanced materials for use in structural systems in extreme environments (including high-temperature environments), as well as tailored features such as self-healing materials.

5. Intelligent Modular Space Systems, comprising redundant and self-reconfigurable modular electronics, low mass, deployable thermal systems, and intelligent interfaces (including wireless interconnects).
Reusable Low-Cost Launch Systems, comprising a range of novel approaches in propulsion, structural systems, materials, vehicle avionics, and spaceport operations.

Sustainable Human Presence:
Secondly, if ambitious human exploration is ever to be sustainable, it is essential that the expected costs of human presence in space beyond low Earth orbit (i.e., to the Moon, Mars, and accessible deep space targets such as asteroids) be reduced by at least an order of magnitude, while assuring that human operations in space are as safe as reasonably achievable. This capability requires advances in the following areas.

6. Sustainable Habitation Systems, such as low mass, long-life, and re-configurable space habitats (including locally-maintained closed-loop life support systems), that can be readily "restarted" (since human presence is unlikely to be continuous at first).

7. Sustainable, Increasingly Self-Sufficient Human Operations Systems, including extravehicular activity (EVA) systems that can be locally maintained and repaired over indefinite periods of time, and which can be locally upgraded to incorporate new technologies.

8. Radiation Protection, such as extravehicular activity (EVA) systems that can be locally maintained and repaired for indefinite periods of time.
Remote Medical Care in Space, including capabilities of the largely autonomous care for illnesses, and treatment of traumatic injuries.

Autonomous Space Operations:
Finally, if ambitious science and exploration missions are to be made affordable, then we must move aggressively toward more and more self-sufficient, operationally autonomous systems in space. This third capability will require advances in the following areas.

9. Autonomous Human Mission Operations, including highly effective and increasingly self-sufficient human operations in deep space (without large ground crews for mission operations), with advances in intelligent and self-reconfigurable human mission systems, advanced human-machine interfaces, etc.

10. Lunar and Planetary Resource Utilization, such as extraction, processing, and manufacturing of useful materials (e.g., propellants) and system elements (such as solar arrays or structural elements).
Reconfigurable High Bandwidth Communications and Networks, including long-range high-rate communications (e.g., optical communications), reconfigurable local wireless networks.

11. Intelligent Self-Sufficient Robotic Systems, for example highly mobile, dexterous, and autonomous robotics (i.e., advanced versions of conventional "rovers"), as well as UAV-like vehicles, systems, etc.

[Nixer]

Это откуда взято?

[ronatu]

Это откуда взято?

FLEX PATH :wink: