Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!timbuk!cs.umn.edu!msi.umn.edu!src.honeywell.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!uw-beaver!sumax!polari!crad From: crad@polari.UUCP (Charles Radley) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: LLNL Astronaut Delivery (was Re: You Can't Expect a Space Station) Message-ID: <2666@polari.UUCP> Date: 6 Nov 90 03:15:50 GMT References: <9011051658.AA20403@iti.org> Organization: Seattle Online Public Unix (206) 328-4944 Lines: 16 >How *is* LLNL planning to get astronauts up to the station? +Put a capsule on a Delta. >Are they planning to use the shuttle or develop their own spacecraft? +They plan to develop their own. For $200M they could buy a ACRV or +a Soyuz for $50M. We have built lots of capsules in the last 30 years +so I don't think it needs to be that expensive. - Soyuz is not available, how can LLNL have it in their plan ? A capsule of $ 200 M is inadequate, as a minimum a Gemini type vehicle is required which is more like $ 2 - 3 B. Remember you need long duration EVA, it may take a couple of weeks to get a failed LLNL fully deployed. If we had access to Soyuz and Soviet technology, the cheapest approach would be to scrap LLNL and use Mir.