Poster of all current or proposed space launch vehicles
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Re: Poster of all current or proposed space launch vehicles
The SLS is planned to be uprated to 150,000 Kg LEO with the new advanced booster competition. If the F1-B powered Pyrios booster wins, it will be 160,000+ Kg LEO!nunopt wrote:http://i.imgur.com/ELpsv.jpg
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Re: Poster of all current or proposed space launch vehicles
The SLS will prolly get dumped.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy might take it's place with the multiple launches and fuel depot, But I doubt that also.
The US space program has many opponents with deep wallets and heavy influence. Unless they expect an emerging market in a short term, that they can cash in on, there's not much interest in space exploration. All that remains is communications, and environmental research as a continuing market. And Far Right conservatives would rather not fund the environmental research research either. That leaves the USAF, Boeing, and sub-contractors getting the remaining govt subsidies and private investment capital that was removed from NASA.
Nomatter how you cut and remove subsidies, it still remains, one hand is paying the other. The US govt has a bad habit of picking winners and losers in the aerospace industry, based on where key private investments are waiting, and lobbyist/VC pressure.
And most private capital is overseas.
Expect most future space contracts to be privatized, and very soon, with mostly overseas contractors.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy might take it's place with the multiple launches and fuel depot, But I doubt that also.
The US space program has many opponents with deep wallets and heavy influence. Unless they expect an emerging market in a short term, that they can cash in on, there's not much interest in space exploration. All that remains is communications, and environmental research as a continuing market. And Far Right conservatives would rather not fund the environmental research research either. That leaves the USAF, Boeing, and sub-contractors getting the remaining govt subsidies and private investment capital that was removed from NASA.
Nomatter how you cut and remove subsidies, it still remains, one hand is paying the other. The US govt has a bad habit of picking winners and losers in the aerospace industry, based on where key private investments are waiting, and lobbyist/VC pressure.
And most private capital is overseas.
Expect most future space contracts to be privatized, and very soon, with mostly overseas contractors.
Nick and Dad B.