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Pearson
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posted 09-01-2015 11:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Pearson     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Whatever happened to Boeing's plan to build the X-37C as the space shuttle replacement?

Jim Behling
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posted 09-01-2015 07:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jim Behling   Click Here to Email Jim Behling     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Never was a plan, it just was a proposal. There is no business case for it.

Pearson
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posted 09-06-2015 08:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Pearson     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That's a shame, because I prefer a shuttle type design over the capsule design. I was hoping the Dream Chaser and/or the X-37C would be ferrying our astronauts into space. The X-37B might not be the prettiest spacecraft, at least it's a proven craft unlike Boeing's new capsule.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 09-06-2015 10:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The X-37B is experimental — hence the "X" in its designation; the Air Force does not consider it a proven design.

SpaceCadet1983
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posted 09-06-2015 10:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceCadet1983   Click Here to Email SpaceCadet1983     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Boeing's CST-100 "Starliner" is an improved Apollo capsule design on steroids. The design is proven.

Jim Behling
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posted 09-07-2015 09:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jim Behling   Click Here to Email Jim Behling     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Pearson:
That's a shame, because I prefer a shuttle type design over the capsule design.

Why? What are the "perceived" benefits over a capsule? CST-100 much more versatile.

hlbjr
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posted 09-08-2015 09:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for hlbjr   Click Here to Email hlbjr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As I recall from comments by some industry experts, there is often a weight "penalty" associated with the extra structure to make a craft able to "fly" aerodynamically such as a shuttle.

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