Cancellation of Constellation

[ronatu]

Cancellation of Constellation

PLEASE.......................

[ronatu]

...If the Constellation program is killed—and make no mistake, if Ares 1 is killed Constellation dies as well—then the result will not be a smooth transition to a new "Flexible Path" program, but an ugly fight over money and jobs in which any exploration goals will be of secondary importance at best. It is hard to see how a new policy could be sold to either Congress or the public.

The Augustine committee report gives a number of so-called "Public Engagement justifications" for the various proposed Flexible Path steps.
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http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1538/1

[ronatu]

..... according to sources with close ties to the administration. These sources declined to reveal the fate of NASA's planned Ares 1 crew launch vehicle, which many observers see as a likely cancellation target, but they did say the budget proposal would  fund a multibillion-dollar effort to foster development of commercial systems for ferrying astronauts to the international space station.
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[ronatu]

..... sources said NASA's 2011 budget request is expected to align with the panel's so-called Flexible Path plan that includes scrapping long-duration Moon missions in favor of shorter visits to a variety of destinations in the inner solar system, including near-Earth asteroids and eventually Mars.
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[ronatu]

The big prize always has been – and continues to be – Mars. The roadmap, however, to achieve a Neil Armstrong-style footstep on the surface of the Red Planet is set to change if the Flexible Path approach is confirmed, with the preferred choice to send a human expedition into the orbit of Mars – without landing – before heading to its nearby moon of Phobos.

[pkl]

The big prize always has been – and continues to be – Mars. The roadmap, however, to achieve a Neil Armstrong-style footstep on the surface of the Red Planet is set to change if the Flexible Path approach is confirmed, with the preferred choice to send a human expedition into the orbit of Mars – without landing – before heading to its nearby moon of Phobos.

А побольше картинка есть?

[ronatu]

A NASA team looking into design concepts for future space capsules has successfully demonstrated that an all-composite structure is a feasible alternative to traditional metal capsules for carrying astronauts into space and returning them safely to Earth.  

The composite materials that make up the structure are basically the same as the tough, lightweight laminates used today for race cars, business jets and high-end sports equipment.  

In combination with new space-age fabrication techniques, these advanced composite materials promise potential benefits over traditional metal structures.  Among them is that they can easily be formed into complex shapes that may be more structurally efficient -- a desirable trait for future generations of spacecraft.  

A team led by the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) developed and tested the capsule  – called a crew module – in a series of full scale structural tests at NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., over a several month period.  
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alternate-space-capsule-concept-passes-tests-82617102.html

[ronatu]

NESC sponsored the three-year CCM project as part of its mission to solve technical problems related to spaceflight and to make spaceflight safer.  The CCM is an all-composite representation of the part-metal, part-composite flight crew module Orion, which is part of NASA's Constellation Program to return man to the moon and/or Mars.

[integrall]

Конец:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/27/obama-budget-drop-nasa-constellation-program/

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2010/01/obamas-budget-kills-moon-rocket-and-shakes-up-nasa.html

     

[Dude]

Orlandosentinel и цитирующий их Foxnews?  :roll:
это как раз скорее свидетельство, что Палка всё ещё живей всех живых...   :wink:

[Петр Зайцев]

[Bell]

Да-да... Как-то так...  :roll:


ЗЫ. Великая сила - искусство!

[avmich]

Ну что, официально прикрыли?

По крайней мере президент высказался, ждём Конгресса...

[ronatu]

....forthcoming budget -- which the president will announce in detail during Wednesday night's State of the Union address -- will include no funding for lunar landers, no moon bases, and no Constellation program at all. Instead, NASA will outsource space flight to other governments (such as the Russians) and private companies.

Yep

[Петр Зайцев]

По крайней мере ясно, что это не просто какие-то левые блоггеры во Флорида Сеншиел, а реальный план, коротый скоро анонсируют. И действительно луне капут.

Скажу по правде, я такого не ожидал. Думал только Ares I прикроют.

-- Pete

[leks]

Скажу по правде, я такого не ожидал. Думал только Ares I прикроют.
-- Pete

А зачем им Луна? если на Земле есть много мест, где они еще не "высаживались" и не строили свои "базы"?

[ОАЯ]

Если не трудно, поясните, что происходит?
Была главная по деньгам гражданская программа создания базы на Луне. Теперь ее нет?
Мы конечно к этому готовы, потому что еще Старый говорил, что пилотируемая космонавтика не нужна. Но, что будут делать американцы? Переключатся на автоматы для межпланетного исследования?
Какая-то туманная фраза, об аутсортинге. Для чего?

[Agent]

Если не трудно, поясните, что происходит?

Социализм строят в отдельно взятой стране. С Луной несовместимо.

[ОАЯ]

Социализм строят ...

Это в общем. Это понятно. А в пилотируемой гражданской космонавтике? Или останутся только автоматы и роботы? Или сразу Марс? Или есть сверхсекретный проект атомохода на 300 персон? Где план?

[Agent]

Социализм строят ...

Это в общем. Это понятно. А в пилотируемой гражданской космонавтике? Или останутся только автоматы и роботы? Или сразу Марс? Или есть сверхсекретный проект атомохода на 300 персон? Где план?

И Марс, и атомоход, и Луна.... но потом. Лет через 20-30.