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Author here, thank you for lifiting this up from the mists of time. Is there a readable summary anywhere of the last few years of progress towards Constellatio
by idlewords 10y ago
Author here, thank you for lifiting this up from the mists of time.
Is there a readable summary anywhere of the last few years of progress towards Constellation (or whatever it's called now)? I find the situation confusing and have trouble figuring out what's still slated to happen, what got changed, and what missions are still on the drawing board.
- swatkat 10y agoNASA cancelled Constelaltion program. Now, Space Launch System (SLS) expendable launch vehicle is the planned replacement for Space Shuttle program. SLS aims to provide heavy cargo lifting and human spaceflight (via Orion capsule) capabilities. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_october_2015_fact_sheet.pdf http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_octo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft) Progress updates: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/sls/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/sls/
- nickff 10y agoSLS is a reconfigured version of the larger rocket from the Constellation program (Ares V); renamed for political purposes. The 'Senate Launch System' will take humans nowhere useful, and its real purpose is to preserve the employment status of the people developing it.