Comments on: Ares/Orion slipping up to 18 months – Shuttle extension gains upper hand

By: Constellation battle numerous Top Risks - Orion loses unmanned capability | NASASpaceFlight.com

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:39:54 +0000

[...] Ares I-Y’s future is embedded into the drive to solve “schedule disconnect” issues that were raised at the start of this year’s PMR (Program Milestone Review or Program Manager’s Recommend) cycle, which showed threats to the entire Constellation schedule, and the possibility that the gap between shuttle retirement and Orion’s FOC (Full Operational Capability) debut on Orio…. [...]

By: Ares I-X slips to September 18 as processing edges towards stacking | NASASpaceFlight.com

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:04:37 +0000

[...] be a five segment booster, mirroring the actual Ares I First Stage configuration. However, as the Constellation Program attempt to balance their budget, along with issues related to schedule disconn…, this test flight is currently on the chopping [...]

By: NASA managers present two shuttle extension options to lawmakers | NASASpaceFlight.com

Sun, 03 May 2009 21:13:25 +0000

[...] efforts are underway – and/or proposed – to find solutions to funding and disconnect issues related with Constellation’s schedule, although lawmakers at last week’s House appropriations panel hearing were informed by NASA [...]

By: Refining Constellation’s plans to make 2015 - Hanley proposes major changes | NASASpaceFlight.com

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:05:20 +0000

[...] Ms Garver will be involved with the content review that is part of the schedule summit – called for by Constellation managers during the opening process of the 2009 PMR (Program Milestone Review or Program Manager’s Recommend) – which found serious schedule “disconnects” and funding issues, threatening to push the Constellation…. [...]

By: Study finds EELV capable of Orion role - Griffin claims alternatives are fiction | NASASpaceFlight.com

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:30:41 +0000

[...] retirement and the first manned flight of Orion (Orion 2), currently scheduled for March 2015 – although that date is currently based on a “zero confidence” schedule, pending a summit … to find solutions to funding and schedule disconnect issues, found during the ongoing PMR (Program [...]

By: STS-133 mission planning picks up with crew size evaluations | NASASpaceFlight.com

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:00:19 +0000

[...] With a six person crew just over the horizon, the need for supplies and ISS spares is a major focus of the downstream manifest – and part of the argument for shuttle extension. [...]

By: NASA’s near future « Gravity Loss

NASA’s near future « Gravity Loss — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:35:51 +0000

[...] though, but I have become more of an optimist since, regarding better ways). In light of these things, it might seem that the huge political and bureaucratic machine that is NASA can finally [...]

By: SLITTAMENTO DA 6 A 18 MESI PER IL PRIMO LANCIO DI ORION CON ARES I « Mirabilissimo100’s Weblog

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:13:37 +0000

[...] tutto mirabilmente Chris Bergin sul sito NasaSpaceflight.com, a questo indirizzo. Chiaramente adesso è un vero macello. A giorni si terrà una riunione per cercare di capire in [...]

By: Constellation Could Slip An Additional 18 Months at Parabolic Arc: Space Tourism…and Much More

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:34:51 +0000

[...] Read the full story. [...]

By: Are You As Shocked As I Am? - Transterrestrial Musings

Are You As Shocked As I Am? - Transterrestrial Musings — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:21:23 +0000

[...] you are, you’re not very shocked. Ares 1/Orion is looking at an eighteen-month schedule slip. And no, it’s not because it was starved for money: The problem isn’t just funding – which [...]