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You sure about that? I'm pretty sure they didn't just draw a number out of a hat and base their decision on that. Besides, if you went with the Delta IV Heavy (The Atlas V heavy is a paper design) you're taking about six launches vs one. (Not just launch vehicle cost but the cost of the launch itself.) Also, now you'd have to design with that 50k or less limit and hope to dock everything together in orbit (more risk). Add to that your diameter limits and the problems it brings with it and it wouldn't surprise me if it were more expensive AND less capable.Taurus II? Are you joking? You want to try to mate up TWENTY launches in orbit? Good luck.All of which are non-starters. The problem is NASA and the gov are plagued with a terror of risk. They practically wet their pants at the mention of the word. The result is nothing of note ever gets done or accomplished other than blowing through a lot of money. NASA should have taken the DC-X as far as it could. At least PROVE the thing doesn't work instead of giving up at the first sign of success.
You sure about that? I'm pretty sure they didn't just draw a number out of a hat and base their decision on that. Besides, if you went with the Delta IV Heavy (The Atlas V heavy is a paper design) you're taking about six launches vs one. (Not just launch vehicle cost but the cost of the launch itself.) Also, now you'd have to design with that 50k or less limit and hope to dock everything together in orbit (more risk). Add to that your diameter limits and the problems it brings with it and it wouldn't surprise me if it were more expensive AND less capable.
Taurus II? Are you joking? You want to try to mate up TWENTY launches in orbit? Good luck.
All of which are non-starters.
The problem is NASA and the gov are plagued with a terror of risk. They practically wet their pants at the mention of the word. The result is nothing of note ever gets done or accomplished other than blowing through a lot of money. NASA should have taken the DC-X as far as it could. At least PROVE the thing doesn't work instead of giving up at the first sign of success.
