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    03/30/09

    In reply to See the New Orion Spacecraft Up Close and Personal
    I see this capsule and the only thing that comes to mind is the Robot Chicken sketch with the farting astronaut...
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    Image of SomeoneUKno SomeoneUKno
    03/30/09

    In reply to See the New Orion Spacecraft Up Close and Personal
    Look, I'm not going to be excited until they release spaceships and space vehicles that match up with the lego ones I used to make when I was a kid:
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    03/30/09

    @SomeoneUKno: ... Wow. I really fail.


    [www.oldlego.com]

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    03/30/09

    @SomeoneUKno: Always there to lend a helping comment, GitEmSteveDave swung into action:


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    03/30/09

    In reply to See the New Orion Spacecraft Up Close and Personal
    Needs more RedBull and/or Brawndo stickers. Also I doubt it's going to fly to well with that trailer chained to it....
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    Image of rer89 rer89
    03/30/09

    In reply to See the New Orion Spacecraft Up Close and Personal
    Unless they are planning on sending midgets to Mars, that thing is not going anywhere. Heck, how is a crew supposed stay alive in that for months.
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    03/30/09

    @rer89: Think small and take short breaths.
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    Image of StupidSimple StupidSimple
    03/30/09

    In reply to See the New Orion Spacecraft Up Close and Personal
    This looks like a earth landing capsule to me. The one that drops in the ocean and then waits until a ship comes to recover the crew. Doesn't look like something that would land on Mars.
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    03/30/09

    @stupidsimple: It would probably dock with a craft to go to Mars in orbit that had a lander and all that jazz on it.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    03/30/09

    @Con Seannery '09: Where's the screen?: we need a bigger 2x4
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    Image of Hickeroar Hickeroar
    03/30/09

    In reply to See the New Orion Spacecraft Up Close and Personal
    Pathetic. They expect several people to spend 6 months in that capsule together? They're kidding themselves.
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    03/30/09

    @Hickeroar: You mean for long duration Moon missions? The capsule docks with the command module and the ALTAIR lander goes to the surface. If you mean the ride to Mars, this is going to have to be docked with a much larger craft to make that journey. That's a bit more than 6 months. A good bit.
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    03/30/09

    @Con Seannery '09: Where's the screen?: Yeah, it's gonna be a long haul because we're taking 1960s tech, re-implementing it with carbon fiber and better computers. But it's still throw away rockets.


    I'm in the camp of the uninspired. People who don't follow the space business and go "WTF?"

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    03/30/09

    @commentotron: read the specs. the Capsule is reusable as is the main part of the launcher - a Shuttle Booster.
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    Image of MacMasterShane MacMasterShane
    03/30/09

    In reply to See the New Orion Spacecraft Up Close and Personal
    i still can't beleive after years of reusable space vehicles are we going back to capsules. this whole thing just seems like a massive step backwards to me.


    No more satellite retrieval? no more manipulator arm? nasa's not playing the delivery boy game anymore i guess.

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    03/30/09

    @MacMasterShane: a reusable capsule. launched with a reusable launcher.
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    03/30/09

    In reply to See the New Orion Spacecraft Up Close and Personal
    I realize this is the most cost-effective way of getting into space right now, but part of me feels like this is such a regression in space-technology. I was hoping to see things like the X-33 and the like being built as the next generation of space vehicle. Still cool though.
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    03/30/09

    @cyberwiz01: You realize that a winged spacecraft on return from the Moon wouldn't be winged for very long after it got to the atmosphere, right? It enters WAY too fast. The capsule is one of the BEST designs you can use for reentry at high speeds, and it sits on top of the rocket so you have a chance of escaping if it's about to blow itself to Hell and you figure this out in time.
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    Image of commentotron commentotron
    03/30/09

    @Con Seannery '09: Where's the screen?: You assume that a mission returning from the moon would not enter orbit but would do a direct re-entry.


    If the winged craft entered LEO first, which would require fuel of course, then re-entry would be no different form what the shuttle does.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    03/30/09

    @commentotron: There wouldn't be enough fuel to reverse the momentum. Slowing down midway is just inefficient.
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