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Topic: Orion...Constellation...Clarification
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capcom9
Member Posts: 48
From: Wesley Hills, New York
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 11-27-2006 01:08 PM
   
Please help me to understand a few things regarding the upcoming manned missions to the moon, mars, etc...Is the program called "Project Orion", like the name of our previous manned moon program "Project Apollo"? Or is "Orion" simply the name of the launch vehicle, like the Saturn? Then what about "Constellation"? Is this the name of the manned program, or is it the name of the spacecraft, etc.. I'm a bit confused and would appreciate some clarification.. Thanks.
 [Edited by capcom9 (November 27, 2006).] [Edited by capcom9 (November 27, 2006).] |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 3047
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 11-27-2006 02:19 PM
capcom9-As I understand it and some better educated folks may correct me, the following are the name equivalents: Project Apollo - Project Orion Saturn 1B - Ares 1 Saturn V - Ares V
Constellation Program is to represent the entire post Shuttle "Vision for Space Exploration" effort.
Hope this helps. Tim |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50516
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-27-2006 08:13 PM
Tim summed it up nicely, though the comparisons between Ares I and V and Saturn IB and V are not exactly parallel. Just as Apollo/Saturn was under the Manned Space Program, Orion/Ares is under Constellation. Orion Command Modules on Orion missions will take astronauts to the ISS and the Moon, propelled there by Ares rockets. There's additional comments under a previous thread on the same topic. |
capcom9
Member Posts: 48
From: Wesley Hills, New York
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 11-28-2006 05:08 AM
Thank you, all. I think I got it now.
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Philip
Member Posts: 6217
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-05-2006 12:39 PM
Planning so far ( while working on completing ISS and retiring the Space Shuttle ):Testflight of the ARES 1 launch vehicle is planned for 2009 (4 segment SRB + dummy 5th segment + dummy CEV as payload).
Probably a 5 segment SRB might fly in 2012 before an operational CEV might fly in 2014…
Didn’t find any planning on ARES V testflights… Please correct me if I'm wrong  |
mcduffstuff
Member Posts: 28
From:
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 12-05-2006 05:33 PM
Actually Orion is reference to the Crew Vehicle only being led by the Johnson space Center and Ares is reference to the Launch Vehicle being led by the Marshall Spce Flight Center. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 50516
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-05-2006 05:45 PM
quote:
Originally posted by mcduffstuff:
Actually Orion is reference to the Crew Vehicle only...
According to AA for Exploration Scott Horowitz, the name refers to the missions as well, which would be consistent with Apollo-era usage. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-05-2006 11:10 PM
I would be curious if they retain the crew vehical name of Orion when they start planning the Mars missions. Granted, the likelihood of an updated crew vehical for the Mars missions is probably pretty good, so perhaps the issue will never arise. |
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