Archive for January, 2010

Manned mission to construct huge GEO and deep space telescopes proposed

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Buoyed by the success of the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the key proposals on NASA’s internal interpretation of the Augustine Commission’s “Flexible Path” option includes a 45 day manned mission to construct a giant telescope in Geostationary orbit (GEO). A huge deep space telescope is also included in the roadmap, which would focus on [...]

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Battle of the Heavy Lift Launchers – Monster 200mt vehicle noted

Friday, January 1st, 2010

2010 will mark a number of key decisions for NASA, not least the potential switch from the current Ares I/V architecture to an alternative mix of commerical crew launch – accompanied by a new heavy lift workhorse. A decision is expected to be announced early in the new year by President Obama, although at least [...]

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