tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post3300074784136582105..comments2024-03-21T08:00:48.696-07:00Comments on No Shortage of Dreams: Apollo Ends at Venus: A 1967 Proposal for Single-Launch Piloted Venus Flybys in 1972, 1973, and 1975Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-34544290162554755832018-03-05T19:04:54.624-07:002018-03-05T19:04:54.624-07:00Michael:
Let's review the history - Republica...Michael:<br /><br />Let's review the history - Republican Eisenhower saw spy satellites and intercontinental missiles as the only truly important parts of our space program; he only caved on other missions because of intense public and political pressure. Had no LBJ pushed for it, no civilian space agency would have been formed, and we'd have seen no piloted missions after Mercury. <br />David S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-48838891393538657372018-03-04T21:49:19.478-07:002018-03-04T21:49:19.478-07:00To think that we could have been all over the sola...To think that we could have been all over the solar system by now. So sad. But the Democrats wanted to buy votes with all that space exploration money. I guess enslaving the masses was far more important.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762609265583871220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-13473677871883476152017-06-02T13:23:35.908-07:002017-06-02T13:23:35.908-07:00Discussion along those lines is happening now, tho...Discussion along those lines is happening now, tho what I am hearing about trends more toward a Venus orbiter (probably with teleoperations). I'm not sure how serious it is. Suffice it to say there's a push to develop some interim missions to help bridge the gap between Earth orbit and the surface of Mars, and a relatively short-duration Venus orbiter mission is among the candidates.<br /David S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-3046713336385898782017-06-02T12:19:16.972-07:002017-06-02T12:19:16.972-07:00I'd like to see a Block 2 SLS do this mission....I'd like to see a Block 2 SLS do this mission.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-51400073130181999342017-06-01T20:31:12.934-07:002017-06-01T20:31:12.934-07:00I've just started working with William. We con...I've just started working with William. We connected up through Winchell Chung (Atomic Rockets/3D Star Maps). I really like his "hybrid" MM, which also recalls the Skylab MDA (just a little). There's nothing that says the MSC Venus flyby MM couldn't have looked this way.<br /><br />You are probably right about reliability. The idea was to test the hardware in Earth orbit as David S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-20743908706815916272017-06-01T20:01:08.932-07:002017-06-01T20:01:08.932-07:00I haven't visited William Black's pages fo...I haven't visited William Black's pages for a while. He's been busy since then. He has a great imagination.<br /><br />I don't think our manned spacecraft were reliable enough for launching yearlong missions out of Earth orbit back then. I don't think they are today, though you have talked with a lot more aerospace engineers than I have and would have a better opinion on that.Phil Parknoreply@blogger.com