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Started by nsmca
Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:43
Rent Mir/Commerical SS Fred not build it.
Author: nsmca
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:43
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:43
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Maybe what we should do is rent Mir and the Russian space facilties and use them to help build SS Fred (Interesting name).. I doubt the US people would be exciting if we bought Mir and Energina and such.. (Jobs and such, even if it would probably save us money).. The Russians alreay have Mir up in space, why not used it to build a American/US space station, or build a wing onto Mirt that is for US use.. I know Mir is far from ideal, but what is.. Why reinvent the wheel when the wheel is already in Orbit?? Does anyone know of any Russian Jobs?? Namely space jobs, or Russians who are looking for jobs int he Use Space industry?.. I do like the idea of a reward for the first commerical space station in orbit versus NASA/DOD building one.. One thing NASA can do it rent space on the new station.. Why must the FED own everything, can't it be happy to rent things.. Michael Adams Alias: Morgoth/Ghost Wheel nsmca@acad2.alaska.edu
Re: Rent Mir/Commerical SS Fred not build it.
Author: Matthew DeLuca
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:11
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:11
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In article <1993Jan27.184307.1@acad3.alaska.edu> nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
>The Russians alreay have Mir up in space, why not used it to build a
>American/US space station, or build a wing onto Mirt that is for US use..
>I know Mir is far from ideal, but what is.. Why reinvent the wheel when the
>wheel is already in Orbit??
Because if you just keep using the same wheel, you never develop better
wheels. Sure, we can do as some people have suggested and rent Mir and
buy Soyuzes and use Energia and save lots of money, but the end result would
be the complete stasis of the space arm of the U.S. aerospace industry,
coupled with Russian dominance of space down the line.
The short of the matter is that if all you are concerned with is the
almighty dollar, what you suggest is a good idea. If you are interested
in a strong U.S. space program, however, it's a losing deal.
--
Matthew DeLuca
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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Re: Rent Mir/Commerical SS Fred not build it.
Author: Allen W. Sherzer
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:05
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:05
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In article <1k9b54INN5i1@phantom.gatech.edu> matthew@phantom.gatech.edu (Matthew DeLuca) writes: >>I know Mir is far from ideal, but what is.. Why reinvent the wheel when the >>wheel is already in Orbit?? >Because if you just keep using the same wheel, you never develop better >wheels. Sure, we can do as some people have suggested and rent Mir and >buy Soyuzes and use Energia and save lots of money, but the end result would >be the complete stasis of the space arm of the U.S. aerospace industry, >coupled with Russian dominance of space down the line. I'm not sure our current path will result in any difference. As it is, NASA is avoiding cheaper commercial services as much as it can. We are pouring more and more money into an infrastructure which is getting more and more expensive. The end result has been a statis of the US space arm for a long time. Maybe intelligent leverage of Russian technology (like Soyuz) combined with US capabilities in ELV and cheap commercial HLV's will allow space to become large enough to become self sustaining and end the stasis. Allen -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Allen W. Sherzer | "A great man is one who does nothing but leaves | | aws@iti.org | nothing undone" | +----------------------138 DAYS TO FIRST FLIGHT OF DCX----------------------+
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