Comments on: NASA has delayed the first test flight of Orion’s launch abort system by two years to 2017. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-has-delayed-the-first-test-flight-of-orions-launch-abort-system-by-two-years-to-2017/ Sun, 14 Jul 2019 05:12:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ken https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-has-delayed-the-first-test-flight-of-orions-launch-abort-system-by-two-years-to-2017/#comment-1068909 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 05:12:53 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=18001#comment-1068909 I’ve come from 2019.

SpaceX not only delivers cargo to ISS but also lands it’s rockets on their butts like God intended. They haven’t launched a crewed Dragon yet due to an abort system failure. If all goes well they will launch by the end of 2019. However they are also building a much larger rocket ultimately designed to fly to Mars and back.

NASA, on the other hand, has completely mismanaged the SLS and Orion which will not be ready for first flight until 2021 and NASA bureaucrats find it impossible to land on the Moon by 2024. Basically they have various parts scattered here and yon.

The same people in 2012 are making the same excuses in 2019. Apparently blowing through $50 billion is just not enough money and 9 years of development is not enough time. Stop laughing.

Oh and Donald Trump is President.

]]> By: Kelly Starks https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-has-delayed-the-first-test-flight-of-orions-launch-abort-system-by-two-years-to-2017/#comment-53717 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:33:53 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=18001#comment-53717 In reply to ken anthony.

I could supply the URL to the goverment report on that — assuming your actually interested.

]]> By: Kelly Starks https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-has-delayed-the-first-test-flight-of-orions-launch-abort-system-by-two-years-to-2017/#comment-53716 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:30:01 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=18001#comment-53716 In reply to Patrick.

>.. I don’t think the total budget of SpaceX for ALL its projects is more than a billion dollars.

I beleave they got $800 million in development money from NASA alone. Musk put in $100M. NOt sure about the rest – but I’m real sure its well over a billion.

]]> By: Patrick https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-has-delayed-the-first-test-flight-of-orions-launch-abort-system-by-two-years-to-2017/#comment-53652 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:14:02 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=18001#comment-53652 I wonder what SpaceX could do with a BILLION dollar budget and the power of the US government behind them?

I don’t think the total budget of SpaceX for ALL its projects is more than a billion dollars.
I think Falcon9 cost then less than 500 milliontotal to develop, test, build and launch.

Nasa is talking about a yearly budget of a 1.2 billion dollars with an estimated final launch date of 2018. Added together that’s over 10 billion to make a launch.

]]> By: Joe https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-has-delayed-the-first-test-flight-of-orions-launch-abort-system-by-two-years-to-2017/#comment-53648 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:11:41 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=18001#comment-53648 Good idea to leave out the parts about “could be delayed” and “to accommodate the tighter program budgets anticipated”. That kind of context only confuses things.

I am sure you will do the same if Space X delays any of their milestones due to budget shortfalls (which are already happening in Commercial Crew).

Note that if Space X makes it’s September 2012 launch date for its first operational cargo delivery to ISS if will be 2 years 10 months behind schedule and there were no budget shortfalls there.

]]> By: Patrick https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-has-delayed-the-first-test-flight-of-orions-launch-abort-system-by-two-years-to-2017/#comment-53646 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:09:05 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=18001#comment-53646 Is it really that hard for NASA to get a clue and change its procedures to quicken things up a bit?

Nasa in my opinion is still just an employment agency for more and more government workers.

More than likely engineers who couldn’t get work outside the government.

]]> By: ken anthony https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-has-delayed-the-first-test-flight-of-orions-launch-abort-system-by-two-years-to-2017/#comment-53633 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:44:47 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=18001#comment-53633 In reply to Kelly Starks.

Hilarious! But you should include a tag to let everyone know it’s a joke.

]]> By: Kelly Starks https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-has-delayed-the-first-test-flight-of-orions-launch-abort-system-by-two-years-to-2017/#comment-53630 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:54:08 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=18001#comment-53630 What congress noticed is SpaceX cost more then anyone else ever used to deliver cargo to the ISS, with a bad failure rate. Also that Dragon offers no potential for BEO, or of sustaining any US capacity.

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