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  1. Canopus
    You wouldn't wait for the malfunctioning launch vehicle to shut its engines down before you engage the Launch abort motors.
  2. Canopus
    Or Centaur V.
  3. Canopus
    Well if your ICBM silo is under artillery fire, it's over anyway.
  4. Canopus
    In a scenario where you'd need to shutdown your boosters i doubt you'd have a much better time with liquid fuel rockets.
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    I'll post this here since it will be an Arianespace payload http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Transportation/Announcement_of_opportunity_to_fly_payloads_to_space_on_ESA_s_Space_Rider
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    Then you won‘t have spacecraft that can reach the Gateway. They think a lander can reach from NRHO to the Surface and they thought it can reach the surface from Lunar Lagrange points. No reason to change a practically existing Spacecraft if you can develop a new lander that fills the extra delta v gap later.
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    another advantage for the high orbit given is that supply launches to the gateway can be undertaken by smaller rockets.
  8. Canopus
    What do you mean? Long surface stays at the south pole, reusable ascent stage, If they could pull this off, i think this would actually be a step up from constellation landings.
  9. Canopus
    interesting mission architecture: https://sservi.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/ger-downloads/day1/Whitley-LunarSurface-GER3-Workshop-20171130.pdf
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    Yeah i posted the link a few pages back. i too think the Propulsion element is the best part of the whole LOP/G ordeal, and i think there is a range of uses for elements like it.
  11. Canopus
    If you are talking about the XS-1, how would that work, given that the Spaceplane is just the first stage of the Launch vehicle and never reaches orbit itself?
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    Wasn‘t talking about Kurtzweil, but just because Musk puts his money somewhere, doesn‘t mean he is automatically an Expert in the field.
  13. Canopus
    Is Elon Musk even qualified to make such assumptions? People pay way to much attention to anything he says.
  14. Canopus
    You keep talking about BFR as if it is already flying regularly. Yet SpaceX hasn‘t even sent people to LEO. Also i fail to see how 3d printing would help to improve the ISS.
  15. Canopus
    Too bad this was only a thread of the month. I think it deserves to be permanently stickied to the top of the Science subforum.
  16. Canopus
    Customers don‘t automatically flock to the cheapest launch provider or there would already be only one in existence.
  17. Canopus
    http://www.russianspaceweb.com/imp-origin.html interesting read about the origin of the LOP/G and how the idea isn‘t really that new. You may also want to read the article about Lunar Orbital Stations linked on this article.
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    Sorry @LordFerret i didn‘t meant to be mean or anything but i hope pawelk understands that he will get mostly the same answers everytime he ask the forums about this issue.
  19. Canopus
    I hope this settles the question once and for all.
  20. Canopus
    nice try but i ain‘t clicking that.
  21. Canopus
    On the other hand, the energy to get the water out of the regolith is more plentiful on the moon. And, as far as your body is concerned, both places are just as deadly to you.
  22. Canopus
    But thats exactly what they are doing? Also comparing SpaceX relevancy to NASA doesn‘t work. One is a launch provider the other a National Space Agency. If you compare NASA to ISRO ,or sadly, ESA, then you will see how relevant NASA is. SpaceX too is relevant compared to other launch providers but more to the commercial atleast right now.
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    http://spacenews.com/nasa-considers-acquiring-more-than-one-gateway-propulsion-module/ There are also other launch vehicles with similar capabilities that should be available far sooner than the BFR, like the New glenn or Vulcan.
  24. Canopus
    It probably is launched by mortar, so this is just a protective cover for the engines. Atleast that is how it works on the Dnepr which is a former ICBM.
  25. Canopus
    Zubrin can go on all he wants about how bad the DSG is, doesn’t mean his plan makes much more sense. And i think it is save to say the BFR will never work as advertised. So planning a mission around it would be just as crazy.
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