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  1. Canopus
    Quite a few other Space related locations in Germany though. But yeah, nothing that could beat seeing a space launch though.
  2. Canopus
    Orbital is a large supplier for Spacecraft buses. Probably every fourth commsat is build by ATK. TESS too for example and many more. Add to that their upcoming service for existing satellites. Even if nobody would be interested in OmegA Orbital wouldn‘t go down.
  3. Canopus
    I agree that a full on Carrier would look a little bit out of place in KSP. Maybe you could style it a little bit more civilian. Maybe a mixture out of these vessels:
  4. Canopus
    Their target audience won't care if they have to pay the price for an RL-10
  5. Canopus
    It has something to do with Mars. Just because someone did thought experiments about how it could be done doesn‘t mean it can. And looking back at all these proposals we can see how wrong they were. And about that cosmonaut you love to bring up that much, he was living on Mir, a station with constant resupplys and a fair share of problems you wouldnt want to have on a mission to mars.
  6. Canopus
    https://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/bis-lunar-spaceship could this have happened in 1938? Certainly not. As for Apollo hardware. They would‘ve had the big rocket and the return capsule but no experience in long duration missions or reliable life support, both issues we still haven‘t mastered today.
  7. Canopus
    Focus is definitely on the moon precisely because smart people in the field think that a Mars mission just isn‘t realistic yet. A moon base is possible by 2035, Mars not so much. And by base i mean a glorified ISS sitting on the surface (which i wouldn‘t mind) not some SpaceX style slideshow city.
  8. Canopus
    Both are NASA payloads so maybe both launches share some personnel?
  9. Canopus
    Dude you gotta be a little bit more realistic. SpaceX will most likely fly people to low earth orbit for the first time next year. There is a huge gap between a few days at most in LEO an a flipping manned mission to mars and back. And this isn‘t just about having a big rocket. I highly doubt BFR will even fly to Space by 2025 much less carry people. And a mars mission hasn’t happened by 2035, i‘ll guarantee you that.
  10. Canopus
    What a bummer. SLS with ICPS is pretty useless. Edit: is there an updated schedule available anywhere? Because if they are just splitting EM-2 from a combined Block 1b launch into a commercial and a block 1, it wouldn't be that bad.
  11. Canopus
    Well everyone's talking about ballutes and bouncy castles now.
  12. Canopus
    Any one got an idea on the orbital period of the upper stage? How long will it be in Space before returning to earth?
  13. Canopus
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_ERP
  14. Canopus
    Certainly the most interesting payload launched by a Falcon yet.
  15. Canopus
    Some Info about EAGLE: http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/eagle.htm
  16. Canopus
    Problem with the shuttle weren't the boosters, they worked in 134 out of 135 launches, but the fact that the whole configuration didn't allow for any kind of Abort while they were running. Thinking the shuttle was reliable enough to not even consider any kind of LES was madness and the risk wouldn't have been much lower with liquid boosters, i'm sure.
  17. Canopus
    https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/04/starliner-potential-mission-duration-increase-crew-test/
  18. Canopus
    Thats what i meant. There is no matching hydrolox engine in existence or in development. So it will have to be a further development of RS-25 or a replica engine. Just that @_Augustus_ sounded so cynical when in fact they have to look at replacements once the SSMEs run out.
  19. Canopus
    They couldn‘t go for something like BE-4 without redesigning the whole vehicle. This isn‘t KSP after all. So it will have to be the RS-25e or something like it.
  20. Canopus
    https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/04/nasa-request-alternative-rs-25s-sls-core-stage-uncontested/
  21. Canopus
    End to end in this case is probably describing how it handles your payload from launch to landing, less of a literal description of the vehicle, nose to end, but more how the space rider will handle electric supply, attitude control and downlink and of course the return to earth. Edit: I looked around and End-to-end seems to be a business term, although i haven't found a good and clear definition yet.
  22. Canopus
    It's the last stage of the Vega-C acting as a service module, yes.
  23. Canopus
    This is meant for exposure experiments that you want to analyze in a lab afterwards. Sort of like the stuff on the outside of the ISS, but probably cheaper.
  24. Canopus
    I think the point of lifting bodies is that they are more maneuverable on reentry for targeting smaller landings sites.
  25. Canopus
    I don't think they can be sure to still have control over the booster in such a severe event. So even in case of a liquid booster the launch escape system would most likely be designed to escape from a stage running at full power.
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