http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/12/new-manned-craft-definitely-wont-launch-until-2014-nasa-says/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:44:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/12/new-manned-craft-definitely-wont-launch-until-2014-nasa-says/comment-page-1/#comment-5817 BulldogGK Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:43:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/12/new-manned-craft-definitely-wont-launch-until-2014-nasa-says/#comment-5817 What is the shuttle, then? A rocket mounted to an orbiter? The Apollo capsules could travel further, more frequently, safer, and most importantly for much less money than the shuttle. The shuttle is meant to be a heavy lifter and a mobile science lab, but now we have the ISS for the experiments. Heavy lifting can be done by other means that don't require a maintenance bill of $4 billion per year. What is the shuttle, then? A rocket mounted to an orbiter? The Apollo capsules could travel further, more frequently, safer, and most importantly for much less money than the shuttle. The shuttle is meant to be a heavy lifter and a mobile science lab, but now we have the ISS for the experiments. Heavy lifting can be done by other means that don’t require a maintenance bill of $4 billion per year.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/12/new-manned-craft-definitely-wont-launch-until-2014-nasa-says/comment-page-1/#comment-2738 Jojo Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:20:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/12/new-manned-craft-definitely-wont-launch-until-2014-nasa-says/#comment-2738 Orion sure seems like a step backward, as NASA regresses to the days of the Apollo capsule that requires being mounted on a large rocket to get into space. This is what many billions of dollars gets us??? Are they going to be gluing heat-proof tiles on this one also? Orion sure seems like a step backward, as NASA regresses to the days of the Apollo capsule that requires being mounted on a large rocket to get into space. This is what many billions of dollars gets us??? Are they going to be gluing heat-proof tiles on this one also?

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