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Topic: The Return of the Apollo CSM?
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42986
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-01-2003 08:37 AM
   
A small team (including Vance Brand and John Young) was chartered by NASA to make a top-level assessment of the viability of using the Apollo Command and Service Modules the basis for a Crew Return Vehicle, and potentially for a Crew Transfer Vehicle, for the International Space Station. This assessment was conducted 13-14 March 2003.
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=9031 |
John K. Rochester
Member Posts: 1292
From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-01-2003 08:55 AM
That would be terrific if Apollo could fly again..!! ( and take a paying passenger!) |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 05-01-2003 01:50 PM
Back in the Skylab days, they used to have plans for a crew of 2 to go up there and sardine the 3 others in the CSM. Sounds like a good idea if you ask me!
They could carry a six-pack of CMDs up there in the shuttle bay if needed. 
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Ham
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 05-01-2003 01:54 PM
Just for curiosity. Can Apollo CSM fit into cargo bay of the shuttle?Ham |
collectSPACE Admin
Administrator Posts: 627
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-01-2003 06:21 PM
Posted by request:It's amazing that what was once old is new again! In the 1980's when the Monogram 1/32 scale Apollo Command and service module was out of production, I got a call from the Rockwell Public affairs office, in Downey - they said that they needed a kit to modify and use in development for the 1980's space station version. I recieved a little briefing and some photos in trade for the kit. That proposal called for a shortened service module, as it was not going to need all that propellant- with no radiators, and the different docking system in the nose- otherwise it appeared very much like the spacecraft that we all know! Bet Boeing is looking at those plans now!
P.S. My data says that 12 feet,10 inches in Diameter, it could not fit in the Shuttle bay as it was. But perhaps sideways- 10 feet, 7 inches" it could be attached to the S.M. with the RMS- this was a consideration, I remember!!!
Jim Busby
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divemaster
Member Posts: 1376
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 05-01-2003 08:55 PM
Maybe it's time to resurrect a couple of S1b's. It had a 100% success record.Von Braun must be chuckling in his grave. LC34, here we come. -tracy
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Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 05-01-2003 10:08 PM
My guess is, that should this idea be implemented, the plan would be to launch the CSM on an Atlas 5 or Delta 4, which was going to be the launcher for the OSP in the initial design. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-05-2003 02:54 AM
Returning by Apollo-type capsule (CSM or call it what You want) isn't the most elegant way to return to Earth, but certainly the cheapest way ! |
Aztecdoug
Member Posts: 1405
From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 05-05-2003 10:09 AM
I am curious. Would it land in the water like the good old days? I imagine that option would require a lot of sea power.------------------
Warm Regards Douglas Henry Enjoy yourself and have fun.... it is only a hobby! |
spaceuk
Member Posts: 2113
From: Staffs, UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 05-05-2003 10:27 AM
ESA went a long way down the R&D path with the Apollo-style CRV for the ISS I think its a still viable program within ESA ? |
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