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Blue Origin’s New Grissom and CTV “Jacklyn”. CTV won the NASA CCDev contract in 2008 and will fly crew alongside Boeing’s CEV to Space Station Freedom. These are all apart of NASA’s commercialization program post-107.
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Hercules and a notional LSAM + EDS loitering around in high lunar orbit. In this architecture, LSAM launches on Shuttle-Z w/ EDS and goes directly to The Moon. As for Hercules, it can get to lunar orbit with either a one or two launch system.
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Kistler’s K-2 Rocket. After an NK-33 failure in 2014 due to suspected sabotage from Russians, Kistler chose to speed up development of their in-house engine the “Marlin”. They created the world’s first fully reusable rocket with a flyback booster and the same S2 as K-1.
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2002. Columbia’s last successful mission. She will be the last shuttle to dock onto Freedom for the next 3 years.
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Innovation.Shape the future today. - Blue Origin recruitment poster featuring CTV-01 “Jacklyn" using a photo taken from Space Station.Freedom.
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Lockheed Martin’s Atlas VI. After starting development in 2014, this bad boy is a powerhouse. Using 2 Aerojet-Rocketdyne AR-1s, Multiple GEM-60s, and raw freedom, it hopes to continue being the NSSL powerhouse that Atlas V was.
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Shuttle Cryogenic Stage (SCS) & Blue Moon. Launching on Shuttle-Z, SCS is an intense stage at 7m wide using a single J-2X. It’s truly DCSS’s cooler bigger brother.
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@BigPony8 @Leader_Leafeon @toast2024 @DavidNagySFgang these are a couple other pictures i forgot to add
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(photo 1) Hercules and LSAM approaching The Moon. (photo 2) LSAM backing away from Hercules in a similar fashion to the LEM.
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Shuttle-C launching Boeing's Hercules CEV to The Moon. In this configuration, Shuttle-C launches CEV, The Mission Module, and a DCSS. Once dropped off in LEO, Hercules separates and pulls out the transfer stage. CEV can either flyby or insert into orbit around the lunar surface.
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@NASAGroundSys @NASA_SLS @NASA_Orion It would be amazing if you guys could take a photo like this again!
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this is where i post from btw if you even care
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March 2019. Phantom Express launches successfully for the first time, Boeing also secretly starts development on a Delta IV/XS1 successor. It’s been a great decade for Boeing with Hercules flying regularly to Freedom & The Moon, swarms of Delta launches, and many more successes.
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Space Station Freedom - Early 1999. Launching with Discovery, Node 1 “Concord” was supposed to launch in 96’. However, after a massive redesign of the truss in 91’ the project slipped three years. Freedom should be finished by NET 2005.
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Space Launch Complex 36. A brand new pad built by Blue Origin for their New Grissom launch vehicle. Built to support crew, it’s one of the most technically advanced pads at Cape Canaveral.
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Unfortunately due to concerns about the abort trajectory, an EELV was chosen instead to launch Hercules. Luckily the Shuttle-C concept wasn't ditched but rather stretched to create LSAM's launcher. (big thanks to @SemrauDylan @EStreetRockets for their wonderful parts!!)
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since im having a twitter field day today. here is my best piece of ksp content ever!!
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@ThePrimalDino @Truthful_ast “people just want to complain that nasa could be spending 1/5th of their budget on cheaper alternatives!!”.
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@HeySlattz performed nominally Dragon safely splashed down". "subsequent investigation the object was identified as an aluminum press tool that was left in one of our four main parachutes deployment bags after hydraulically compressing the parachute into that bag prior to flight".
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hi guys sooo i know i said i was gonna start posting regularly again but due to some personal circumstances im gonna have to pause for mayb a month or two… . but in the meantime enjoy this cool picture of scs !!!
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@Truthful_ast ngl i also thought it was missing some stuff thats crazy its so streamlined now.
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@joroulette always a 2nd chance.
The Oxcart Assembly team is incredibly honored that our team (OA, @TheHoonigans, @Airstream_Inc, @IBM, @RedHat) proposal for the new #NASA Crew Transport Vehicle was a finalist in the award process. At the end of the day it came down to an $1145 price differential.
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@Tesstsubject @VP @NASA @USGS We are actually going back with the @NASAArtemis, the issue with going to the moon isn't really technology but more with funding.
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@Amateur_Astro1 HALO & PPE don’t require vert. integration and the DOD VI requirements will probably be done with SLC-6.
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@HeySlattz "During crew 4's return to earth last month a piece of foreign object debris or FOD as we call it in the industry was observed when Dragons main parachutes were deployed, so there is no indication that this FOD came into contact with the parachutes or Dragon the parachutes.
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POST FEATURING AN INLINE ET W/ 5SEG SRBS + THE SHUTTLE CRYOGENIC STAGE + BLUE MOON 2 + HERCULES.
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hi im andres (or dolphin) and you should follow me because i make cool ksp stuff and have funny space takes!!
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@ThePrimalDino @Truthful_ast gutting our deep space capabilities is when funding multi-launch commercial options.
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me watching nasa admin select lockheed for the x-33 (its a canon event)
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Shuttle-C. One of two proposed LVs for Hercules, It reuses tons of technology from STS that can again fly without re-certification. For lunar flights, it has the ability to launch the TLI stage and mission module within its cargo bay.
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Delta IV Medium (5,4-C). One out of two proposed LVs for Hercules. Delta IV would require a crew-rated RS-68, a CAT (or ML), and a safety verification for GEM-60s. As for Lunar missions, the TLI stage / mission module would need to be launched on a separate DIVH.
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@Tacky3663_ @SirBrayden and leave HS, epcot, and AK is-as?? disney has to fix majority of the issues within them before thinking about a 5th park. then you also have the issue of how many families can stay another day in orlando.
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