Comments on: Nine shuttle missions in under 140 characters http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/05/06/nine-shuttle-missions-in-under-140-characters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nine-shuttle-missions-in-under-140-characters Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: CharlesInHouston http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/05/06/nine-shuttle-missions-in-under-140-characters/#comment-237860 Thu, 07 May 2009 13:31:48 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2259#comment-237860 If the Administration feels that the remaining nine Shuttle missions can be flown before the end of calendar 2010, their inability to comprehend reality extends further than the economy, all the way to preparations for Shuttle missions. The chances that we can fly that many even by December 2010 is very remote.

Where will that additional money to fly Shuttle come from? We have borrowed billions from our grandchildren and will almost certainly borrow this from them as well.

]]> By: Jim Muncy http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/05/06/nine-shuttle-missions-in-under-140-characters/#comment-237835 Thu, 07 May 2009 04:09:22 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2259#comment-237835 I’m glad the WH is going on the record on this *before* the Hubble mission next week.

But it’s always been clear that the manifest — including AMS-02 — would be flown out.

This is why the Senator fought to put a marker down for FY2011 funding to pay for that extended duration (but not quantity) of flight operations. ANd the Senator should be praised for this.

The issue is, of course, can we find an extra $3 billion to pay for it. My prediction is that, ultiimately, if NASA gets an extra $3 billion in FY2011, others in Congress will want some of that to go to science and other interests. And the shortfall, whether it’s a few hundred million or $ 3 billion, will come out of other human spaceflight, because it has to.

Which means it comes out of Constellation.
Which further compounds in inaffordability and unsustainability of ESAS.

How many more body blows can Ares 1 take? There may not be much left for Mr. Augustine to review…

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