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3272201 No.3272201 [Reply] [Original]

WE're curios about new Shuttle' substitute.
What will NASA use in the next missions?

>> No.3272204

bump

>> No.3272211

shameless selfbump.i'm curios

>> No.3272229

sentient squid will pilot the next nasa mission

>> No.3272231

>>3272229
THANKS VERY HELPFUL

>> No.3272234
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3272234

The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle.

It abandons the "spaceplane" design for a throwback capsule, and can't carry nearly as much junk into space, but it can still move crews to the ISS and such. And it's 10 times safer, too.

>> No.3272248
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3272248

They will rely on private enterprise to go to space....like Walmart but with rockets

Inb4 space elevators

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3272249

>>3272234

Actually NASA's "space launch system" is shuttle derived and has an even greater lifting capacity. The cargo is just housed separately from the crew vehicle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System

>> No.3272263

>>3272249
Oh. Slick. My information was wrong.
It's still good to see the Constellation Program wasn't completely for naught.