Re: SPACE: Automating shuttle

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Sat Apr 26 2003 - 18:51:24 MDT

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    Greg Burch supplied:
    <<There's a fascinating article at

    http://www.spacedaily.com/news/shuttle-03o1.html

    and

    http://www.spacedaily.com/news/shuttle-03o2.html

    proposing a full automation of the shuttle as a means to make the whole
    ISS/STS system more useful and safer.  The idea is to use the Soyuz as
    the sole crew transfer system, keeping two on station to increase the
    ISS staffing to six.  All heavy transfers would be accomplished by a
    fully automated, unmanned shuttle system.  There's a good discussion of
    options to address the one required capability -- STS/ISS docking --
    that isn't yet automated.
    Greg Burch
    Vice-President, Extropy Institute
    <A HREF="http://www.gregburch.net>>">http://www.gregburch.net>></A>

    Yah. Turning the shuttle into Buran is feasible. I am concerned that
    depending of the Russians for manned flights is spooky in light of their
    friendship with Saddam, and-or their perceived hostility to the US. I would
    also consider some temporary fix to the American manned spaceflight program,
    such as cladding the shuttle with any improved materials, modifying the
    physical construction of the basic shuttle into a manned only cargo,
    mini-shuttle; using whacky private industry concepts for using double stage
    to orbit process, really anything would do. This would all be until we
    achieve a reliable space orbiter method. This happened of W. Bushes watch and
    he needs to take the lead.



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