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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.
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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
Member Posts: 25
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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!
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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!!!
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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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