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NASA posted a Job ad for an astronaut.
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Not with today's catapult technology, you don't.cosmicalstorm wrote:Don't you need spaceships for that?
cosmicalstorm wrote:Don't you need spaceships for that?
Wow. You're a moron . . . but stating this is like stating a fire is rather hot. As others have already pointed out, NASA plans to get back into the manned launch business. Even if NASA never got into the business of launching people into space ever again, it'll be a very long time before we start hiring out to the Chinese. Russia is a full partner of the ISS effort and China is not. The Russian platform has achieved over 110 launches across eight generations of continuous improvement, while the Chinese platform has managed eight (only a fraction of which are manned.) Ergo, we will continue using Soyuz until NASA finally builds with whatever overpriced boondoggle ultimately replaces the Shuttle.ComradeClaus wrote:cosmicalstorm wrote:Don't you need spaceships for that?
Europe had astronuts, but never had & never will have man-capable spaceflight They hitched a ride, I'm guessing we'll hire out to the chinese, their manned SOYuz Sauce Bottle Rocket copies are cheaper to launch than the shuttle...
Again, you = moron. Scaled Composite's spacecraft spinoff, The Spaceship Company, is building sub-orbital rocket planes for the foreseeable future. The only feasible "private" orbital ship I've seen is SpaceX's Dragon capsule, and the man-rated version isn't going to be ready until at least 2013 - 2014. The usual suspects (Boeing and Lockheed) are developing capsules of their own, with testing set to start sometime around 2015.or scale up scaled composites production.
Outside of Earth orbit, I expect that such opportunities will remain in the realm of science fiction during the lifetime of anyone old enough to participate on this board.Sarevok wrote:Musk has crazy plans like sending 10000 people to Mars. You heard it right, 10000 human beings. He thinks he can deliver cargo to mars at $100-$200 kg. Very crazy ideas. Nonethless if it pans out needless to say there are science fiction like oppurtunies for space pilots seeking to work in the private sector...
Money, and time. Man-rating a vehicle takes bothCol. Crackpot wrote:From what I understand, Boeing could start building 6-man X-37 C's to mount on ATLAS V's right away... the issue is funding.
Huh.Scottish Ninja wrote:Uh, 'Zook, might want to check what you're referring to - all of the Mercury Seven flew Mercury missions except for Deke Slayton, and I don't think the New Nine were ever slated to fly in Project Mercury.
Many of the current crop probably don't- people with the brains, determination, and credentials of an astronaut can do very well for themselves in a lot of other walks of life. It makes good sense for them to go find something else to do if they're pretty sure they're not on the roster for any flights in the next five to ten years.Skgoa wrote:And to add to the CC bash: ESA is developing a manned spacecraft. "Never will have", huh?
edit: Aren't many NASA astronauts retiring or have retired? At least I got the impression from interviews that many feel they don't want to sit around waiting a decade.
The safe return home of Atlantis marks the official end of the shuttle program, as well as the start of thousands of layoffs for NASA employees.
Not really, the people that were fired then were probably all ground crew for the shuttles.dragon wrote:Weird considering the layoffs from last year.
The safe return home of Atlantis marks the official end of the shuttle program, as well as the start of thousands of layoffs for NASA employees.
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Yeah, it was mostly the shuttle processing teams at KSC. Also the people who worked to assemble the External Tanks. You can somewhat see efforts to halt the flow of losing people. KSC has wasted no time finding users for the two Orbiter Processing Facilities (the shuttle's hangers). The Air Force will be using one as a processing facility for the X-37B. Boeing claimed another for their CST-100 capsule.Malagar wrote:Not really, the people that were fired then were probably all ground crew for the shuttles.dragon wrote:Weird considering the layoffs from last year.
The safe return home of Atlantis marks the official end of the shuttle program, as well as the start of thousands of layoffs for NASA employees.
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Apparently, Hobbits are in great demand nowadays. I guess that's why.Enigma wrote:Not with today's catapult technology, you don't.![]()