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- From: szabo@techbook.com (Nick Szabo)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Saturn class (Was: SPS feasibility and other space
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.112421.8946@techbook.com>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 11:24:21 GMT
- Article-I.D.: techbook.1992Aug20.112421.8946
- References: <14AUG199200401836@judy.uh.edu> <1992Aug19.174427.9782@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <19AUG199220200286@judy.uh.edu>
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- In article <19AUG199220200286@judy.uh.edu> wingo%cspara.decnet@Fedex.Msfc.Nasa.Gov writes:
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- >It is simple. Look at the growth in size of geosync communications satellites.
- >Ariannispace has and that is the basline for the growth into the Arianne 5.
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- Ariane 5 was sized for Hermes, with the capability of launching multiple
- comsats tacked on to the requirments. With the delays in Hermes that is
- now the 5's primary task. Despite silly Arianespace "studies" trying to
- justify a Hermes-sized rocket, the next generation communications
- satellites will be the same size (eg Intelsat-K). They are looking for
- standardization, not to force a redesigned launcher for every new generation
- of satellite. Heavy-lift vehicles from Saturn to Energiya to NLS have
- not and do not have any sort of commercial market, despite $dozens of
- billions spent in them. Even the Titan IV has only a dwindling military market.
-
- If rocket designers want to contribute to expanding space industry, they
- need to change the nasty habits they have developed over the last two
- decades of slow progress rocketry. They must stop dictating to
- their customers and start giving them the services they need --
- standardized, lower cost, more reliable launch.
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