Re: NASA moon trip video

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 05:02:32 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Swallow
<am.swallow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>NASA's administrator talked to the BBC about NASA's future missions.
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4627246.stm
>
>The reported commented on the body language as much as the launches.
>
>Completion of the International Space Station (ISS) appears to be just
>possible but high risk.
>[quote]
>Now Nasa has to make up for lost time and somehow finish off the ISS
>before the remaining shuttle fleet is retired in four years' time.
>
>Dr Griffin claims it can be done, but only by using all the remaining
>planned shuttle missions to take up and bolt on the outstanding modules.
>[/quote]
>
>Going back to a previous thread, are there any other rockets that could
>be used to get say a quarter of the ISS parts into orbit? The shuttles
>can then link up with the parts and drag them to the ISS. The final few
>shuttle missions can then be used for moving people and performing
>experiments.
>
Don't think so - at least currently. Soyuz, but that means one can
launch people or supplies (and not much; some pieces, I believe are
too big/heavy for soyuz to carry) - but not both.

I don't think the EAS (I could be wrong) has anything to use - the
Japanese certainly don't, and I doubt the Chinese do - or would share,
anyway.

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