Space Exploration

Are NASA's future missions and budget justified?

  • It's worth the time and expenditures

    Votes: 225 66.0%

  • Complete waste of money

    Votes: 42 12.3%

  • We need to explore, but not at the current cost

    Votes: 74 21.7%
  • Total voters
    341
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LouderVol said:
how much bigger is 3? I know the boosters/engines were getting an upgrade, but I didn't know the vehicle itself was getting bigger.
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Just a few feet taller; but the ship quick disconnect no longer matches up 1 believe. They are going to totally demolish pad 1 (leaving the tower) and instal a flame trench like in Pad 2.
In this picture, V3 is the middle one. V4 is going to be an absolute beast.
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Info on Japan’s upgraded cargo spacecraft which launched to re-supply the ISS for the first time today:

humans-in-space.jaxa.jp

HTV-X

HTV-X, the new unmanned spacecraft now being developed by JAXA as the successor to the 'Kounotori' (HTV)
humans-in-space.jaxa.jp humans-in-space.jaxa.jp

Apparently it is also intended to re-supply the Lunar Gateway (remember that?) as well.
 
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