Comment It's time for Plan B...Shuttle-C (Score 1) 295
Very good points. This is exactly why we need to have a Plan-B, and move forward with the old Shuttle-C concepts as described by Dennis Wingo and others.
What to do when ESAS & the VSE Fail
Why this hasn't been addressed floors me as a logically thinking person, and enrages me as a tax payer. You won't need to change the VAB, the Launchpads, the crawler, etc. You're taking advantage of previous case studies. You're maintain the Orbiter capability for rare occasions such as future Hubble or other servicing missions. However, given that most of the comments to this article revolve around the stupid elephant, I can see how NASA and our gov't gets away with what it is.
What to do when ESAS & the VSE Fail
Why this hasn't been addressed floors me as a logically thinking person, and enrages me as a tax payer. You won't need to change the VAB, the Launchpads, the crawler, etc. You're taking advantage of previous case studies. You're maintain the Orbiter capability for rare occasions such as future Hubble or other servicing missions. However, given that most of the comments to this article revolve around the stupid elephant, I can see how NASA and our gov't gets away with what it is.
