5 thoughts on “Real Soon Now”

  1. You realize of course you’ve now built up expectations to the point that the Gettysburg Address would be a slight let down 🙂

    I’m sure to enjoy reading it anyway.

  2. But is the Augustine Commission likely to read it?

    = = =

    The tea leaves seem to suggest propellant depots are likely to be featured by the A-Team, but in connection with which class of launch vehicles?

    Jupiters (the DIRECT proposal) augmented by propellant depots continue to strike me as being a terrific combination.

  4. Terrific! I am glad to hear it.

    Anyway, Ross Tierney also posted this tonight, on behalf of DIRECT

    For Cargo-only missions where the Orion doesn’t need to be lifted, the Jupiter-130 is perfectly suitable for the Altair lifting job.

    Even then, this is really only a short-term proposition anyway. The long-term goal for DIRECT is to replace this architecture arrangement as soon as possible with a 1-launch Jupiter 24x arrangement which refuels in LEO at a commercial Propellant Depot which is kept full by a combination of commercial suppliers and foreign partners.

  5. Hmmm. Is it a coincidence that your article and the Gettysburg address both begin with periods of time and both begin with the word four? I think not! 😆

    It really is a great article.

    Two score just wouldn’t have had the same ring to it.

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