While not everything that is called science is real science indeed.
But we don't have to worry in any case. Europe is going to reduce the future crystal-ball-calculated global warming by 2°C. Well, at least they think they can do so...
I also wouldn't like the idea of redeployment. To claim "science" is more profitable rather than being the weatherman in a news channel or an unknown meteorologist nobody listens to. Since hockey stick graphs of trace gases are widely loved and accepted as a body of evidence, it's quite easy to...
HD downlink of flight day 3. Great footage (and sound) of the backflip maneuver from inside the flight deck:
And part 2, which inludes the docking as seen through the aft observation windows:
It's not a secret that I'm an Ares proponent. But the more I think about the sidemount concept, the more I think it seems to be the best solution in terms of budget but also multi usage. The STS stack is quite a flight proven and reliable system for decades. It is indeed a space transportation...
Well, I have to admit that I'm actually quite impressed by the sidemount concept meanhile. Wouldn't it be the most cost efficient and most gap-increasing concept? I mean, all they have to do is to develope the sidemount. The engines already exist and are more than flight-proven, just like the ET...
Old. I've seen it about 10 times already. Meanwhile I prefer When we left Earth. It covers the entire NASA era in about 5 hours I think (which I've also seen many times already). For those who like the music of When we left Earth (by Richard Blair Oliphant), there is an upcoming home page...
I don't drive a car "at the moment". But that moment might extend way ahead into the future. Firstly because I still don't have a drivers licence yet. Secondly because I won't drive a car and get a drivers licence as long as electric cars are not common and cheap. What I don't like on todays...
Don't forget Skylab.
Using an even more powerful remake of the Saturn V launch vehicle can be quite useful for missions to the Moon and to Mars i.e. heavy payloads.
A new LV offers new technologies and solutions.
That's why I like the current Ares concept.
Yes.
By missions beyond LEO I don't mean direct ascent. I generally mean missions that are supposed to happen beyond LEO like a lunar landing missions. DIRECT might be cheap for missions to the ISS. But if NASA wants to go beyond LEO, to the Moon, they need to carry much more payload, no matter...