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Whatever happens to the ISS
By TMV192 on 4/13/2009 9:38:55 PM , Rating: 2
I just hope it doesn't affect NASA's plans to move forward, building it along with making the overly complex Space Shuttle set us back decades. There will be almost a half century gap between Moon landings despite all the money spent. Back in the 60s they expected to be on Mars during the 80s

RE: Whatever happens to the ISS
By grath on 4/15/2009 4:25:05 PM , Rating: 2
I think it will set back our return to the moon, or at least impede accomplishing anything useful there for a while. Assuming the Orion craft comes online in the 2015ish timeframe, those capsules that are currently allocated for Constellation Program missions will likely be diverted for use as ISS crew rotation and escape craft until 2020. Depending on how reusable they turn out to be, thats a minimum of 2 or 3, and a maximum of 10 Orion capsules for a five year period of ISS duty. Thats how many additional capsules would then need to be built to proceed on track with Constellation. Given the choice between paying for more capsules, or reallocating capsules that have already been budgeted, which do you expect them to do?


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