Comments on: Let’s Haul Asteroids! http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 06:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: International Repercussions [Part 2] The Power Vacuum | Spudis Lunar Resources Blog http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/#comment-2568 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:54:30 +0000 http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/?p=293#comment-2568 […] as part of the testing program for the SLS-Orion spacecraft. This includes the so-called Asteroid Retrieval Mission (ARM), a concept being studied wherein a rock will be hauled to lunar orbit to allow astronauts to […]

]]> By: International Repercussions [Part 1] The Unreliable Partner | Spudis Lunar Resources Blog http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/#comment-2513 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:17:36 +0000 http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/?p=293#comment-2513 […] NASA idles, contemplating the concept of an improvised space project of uncertain value, our international partners continue to plan for a return to the Moon.  Outside this […]

]]> By: Surrendering in Space | Spudis Lunar Resources Blog http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/#comment-2410 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:15:57 +0000 http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/?p=293#comment-2410 […] the panel is apparently unaware that the administration’s goal has been downsized to studying the concept of a hauling a small asteroid back to lunar orbit, where it can be visited by a human crew.  Krauthammer mentioned a lunar base […]

]]> By: Dreaming or Doing? | Spudis Lunar Resources Blog http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/#comment-1139 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:58:28 +0000 http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/?p=293#comment-1139 […] money to spend.  Interestingly, neither side of the House subcommittee seems enamored with the haul asteroid mission.  This development comes just as the agency begins its full court press to “sell” the concept […]

]]> By: “Where, Why and How?” – Concerns of the House Subcommittee on Space | Spudis Lunar Resources Blog http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/#comment-732 Sun, 26 May 2013 13:32:29 +0000 http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/?p=293#comment-732 […] goal of human spaceflight.  Additionally, there is widespread puzzlement about the newly minted, asteroid retrieval concept – whether it will accomplish any scientific benefits, if it will prepare us for human missions […]

]]> By: Joe http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/#comment-493 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:45:22 +0000 http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/?p=293#comment-493 And it is your privilege to believe whatever you want about Space X as well.

]]> By: libs0n http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/#comment-490 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:56:26 +0000 http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/?p=293#comment-490 Joe said:

“(if you choose to believe that Space X will sell launches – of the currently nonexistent – Falcon Heavy for less than they charge the on the CRS contract for first iteration Falcon 9 launches that is your privilege). ”

The CRS price isn’t for just the launch vehicle, it includes a spacecraft as well. The cost of just a Falcon 9 launch alone would be lower. The Falcon Heavy cost would be just the cost of launch alone.

They also have to be price competitive with the EELV rockets and the foreign GEO market launchers to win business.

]]> By: libs0n http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/#comment-489 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:46:44 +0000 http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/?p=293#comment-489 Think outside the box Joe. Build a moonbase with a commercial-type program.

If NASA was building a space station today, they could certainly take a different route than developing the space shuttle to build it. They could factor in commercial elements from the get go.

]]> By: Joe http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/#comment-483 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:10:53 +0000 http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/?p=293#comment-483 billgamesh says: April 16, 2013 at 6:19 am

You seem to have missed the point where I said: “wish I could”

]]> By: billgamesh http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/lets-haul-asteroids/#comment-482 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:19:23 +0000 http://spudislunarresources.nss.org/blog/?p=293#comment-482 “-wish I could believe in a magic way to achieve it on the cheap-”

That would make you a mark like the rest of those falling for the private space flim flam.

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