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| Albert Blauensteiner... |
 Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:22 am |
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Why not flying STS 335 anyway? If a LON 335 would be performed as a rescue
flight we would have the same situation: No further LON available. Taking
the enhanced performance of the recent ETs, the low overall risc and the
possibility to save a crew of two in a worst scenario by a soyuz launched
with only one astronaut, NASA could use existing resources for an additional
last mission.
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| Jorge R. Frank... |
| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:54 pm |
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Albert Blauensteiner wrote:
[quote]Why not flying STS 335 anyway? If a LON 335 would be performed as a
rescue flight we would have the same situation: No further LON
available. Taking the enhanced performance of the recent ETs, the low
overall risc and the possibility to save a crew of two in a worst
scenario by a soyuz launched with only one astronaut, NASA could use
existing resources for an additional last mission.
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335 may fly (if it flies for a non-LON scenario, it will be renumbered
135), but it will never fly with a crew of two. Four, minimum. |
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| snidely... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:08 pm |
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On Oct 22, 6:54 pm, "Jorge R. Frank" <jrfr... at (no spam) ibm-pc.borg> wrote:
[quote]Albert Blauensteiner wrote:
Why not flying STS 335 anyway? If a LON 335 would be performed as a
rescue flight we would have the same situation: No further LON
available. Taking the enhanced performance of the recent ETs, the low
overall risc and the possibility to save a crew of two in a worst
scenario by a soyuz launched with only one astronaut, NASA could use
existing resources for an additional last mission.
335 may fly (if it flies for a non-LON scenario, it will be renumbered
135), but it will never fly with a crew of two. Four, minimum.
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Interesting. One to keep our eye on; thanks.
/dps |
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