by Rob Coppinger | Jan 13, 2010 | exploration
Florida Today’s interview with the state’s Senator Bill Nelson and other politicians seems to have uncovered the core of what the new US human spaceflight vision will likely beIt sounds a bit like the Review of US human space flight...
by Rob Coppinger | Jan 8, 2010 | Ares, Constellation, ESA, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Orion
NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV) could be launched by the latest version of Europe’s EADS Astrium Ariane 5 rocket by 2019 according to a French government funded study. The Ariane 5 Mid-Life Evolution (ME) variant, planned to begin operations by...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 17, 2009 | Ares, Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Orion, Russia, Space Shuttle, Technology
Hyperbola has come to the conclusion that the leading exploration option from Norman Augustine’s report, much reported in the press, will sacrifice workforce, skills, infrastructure and technology for a gilded future that will never...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 16, 2009 | Constellation, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Orion
Well that’s a generous interpretation because based on this presidential meeting schedule provided by US newspaper Florida Today that 3.05pm to 5.15pm slot is probably more like 90min – that consumer safety commission meeting is bound to...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 14, 2009 | commercial launch services, exploration, Technology
It’s a question to ask when you consider that Norman Augustine’s report says on page 92:The [Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle]-heritage Super Heavy Option 5B has an edge in technology, because it includes a new US developed large hydrocarbon...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 11, 2009 | commercial launch services, ESA, exploration, Russia, Soyuz
Hyperbola was taken to the Soyuz launch site at France’s Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana on 9 December and this 30min 51s video basically spans the entire time we were there. With a French speaking tour guide (all translations welcome) we got to see...
