

The Orion capsule arriving at the Kennedy Space Center  (Source:









Source: NASA

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By Sazabi19 on 7/3/2012 3:59:35 PM , Rating: 2
I agree Fit,

this thing looks no bigger than the lunar lander module and it wasn't meant to be occupied for very long. I wan't to know how they expect to sustain breathing for long periods other than recycle air, enrich it, and store masive ammounts onboard (or conversion). Also food at this point would take a large volume or need quite a bit of water for hydration, even then all of that weight for that amount of time would be massive. They would also have to work out to try to not lose too much muscle mass in order to walk on mars (almost our gravity) and even more when they come back.

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By geddarkstorm on 7/3/2012 4:25:09 PM , Rating: 2
As an addition, Orion is supposedly twice as heavy as Dragon, in dry weight, according to Wiki.

If we truly want to go to Mars, I kinda think we need to build a ship in LEO or one of the lagrange points that can hold all those provisions, and then dock to it with one of these capsules.

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That can't possibly be the whole ship that goes to mars.

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RE: It's nice having options
By Jeffk464 on 7/3/2012 6:58:39 PM , Rating: 5
You know since space and weight are such a premium when sending stuff into space why don't they use "little people?" If you want to win a horse race you don't stick some 6 foot 200lbs guy on the horse.

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Wall-E comes to mind

