MaltenesePhysics t1_iu9jqaj wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:47 PM

Reply to comment by justbadthings in Amazon may have to turn to SpaceX for help launching its Starlink rival service by Soupjoe5

Someone asked an Amazon VP if they’d consider launching with SpaceX. The VP said they’d be “crazy not to.” Not rambling.

MaltenesePhysics t1_isth0j0 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 4:09 PM

Reply to comment by Hussar_Regimeny in NASA outlines case for making sole-source SLS award to Boeing-Northrop joint venture by jeffsmith202

That’s not true. DM-1 had its ECLSS installed and enabled. They ran into some issues with it during flight, even with no crew aboard. You can’t find unexpected issues with a system without having the system installed. It doesn’t make sense for them to not take the opportunity to test the entire system in deep space.

MaltenesePhysics t1_isrl8jf wrote on October 18, 2022 at 4:33 AM

Reply to comment by FTR_1077 in NASA outlines case for making sole-source SLS award to Boeing-Northrop joint venture by jeffsmith202

FH will never be human rated, but I don’t consider SLS human rated. The ECLSS is disabled/missing for Artemis 1, something absolutely critical for Human Spaceflight. It’s ludicrous that there’s no ECLSS on mission 1 to shake out issues, but that’s another story. It’s like they’re begging for something to fail on A2, when they could’ve just tested on A1.

MaltenesePhysics t1_isrkxm7 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 4:30 AM

Reply to comment by bambooboi in NASA outlines case for making sole-source SLS award to Boeing-Northrop joint venture by jeffsmith202

While I’d love to see this, FH doesn’t have the performance margin to lift Orion to the moon in a reusable configuration. Slapping it on an expendable Starship-derived upper stage and flying it on Superheavy? That’s more feasible than a FH-Orion combo.