Comments on: NASA and Lockheed Martin to build simulated interplanetary spaceship, on the ground https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spaceship-on-the-groundnasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spachip-on-the-ground/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 17:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spaceship-on-the-groundnasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spachip-on-the-ground/#comment-1002428 Tue, 25 Jul 2017 17:29:47 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=46747#comment-1002428 So let me get this.
NASA’s whole interplanetary system can be scaled down to fit into a large school bus?
And they plan to get some kind of results out of this that 3D imaging and a set of 3d glasses couldn’t do?

Its time for a privately owned space station.

]]> By: Chris https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spaceship-on-the-groundnasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spachip-on-the-ground/#comment-1002338 Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:40:22 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=46747#comment-1002338 Is this going to be done at 80% of the cost with 0% of the results.

]]> By: Tom Billings https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spaceship-on-the-groundnasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spachip-on-the-ground/#comment-1002269 Tue, 25 Jul 2017 02:27:58 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=46747#comment-1002269 The suggestion that flight testing should proceed takes us out of the profit center of R&D that Congress had muscled the aerospace industry into by the late 1980s. Flight testing not only requires the messy work of production, it lets in the possibility of failure that would embarrass the members of Congress who voted for the program.

It is only to be engaged in when there are enough complaints of lack of performance in current systems that it cannot be avoided. Since there exist no present systems to compare these new systems to, then obviously flight testing is needless political risk for the patrons of NASA, and therefore is to be avoided.

]]> By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spaceship-on-the-groundnasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spachip-on-the-ground/#comment-1002229 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:03:53 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=46747#comment-1002229 At this stage of our engineering knowledge, we need to fly our interplanetary spaceship prototypes.

Yup. A COTS like approach to habitats, engines, life support, toilets, ect would be great.

It would be nice to have stations or platforms other than the ISS (and also not controlled by NASA) up there to test different things.

]]> By: eddie willers https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spaceship-on-the-groundnasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spachip-on-the-ground/#comment-1002223 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:35:11 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=46747#comment-1002223 If they can invent anti-gravity boots, it will all be worth it.

]]> By: ken anthony https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spaceship-on-the-groundnasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spachip-on-the-ground/#comment-1002180 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 18:47:31 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=46747#comment-1002180 Yep. The only way the “can’t do” can justify their existence is to pretend they are accomplishing something.

]]> By: LocalFluff https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spaceship-on-the-groundnasa-and-lockheed-martin-to-build-simulated-interplanetary-spachip-on-the-ground/#comment-1002163 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:46:58 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=46747#comment-1002163 I suggest that NASA stages a fake Moon landing!
They obviously can’t do it for real again. But they could at least fake one. Especially with today’s Hollywood production technology. (Although faking it would be eight time as expensive as doing it for real, and kill seventeen participants in car accidents).

FAKE is popular now.

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