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MSL "Heat shield woes"

Stu View Member Profile	Feb 17 2008, 04:20 PM Post #1
The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60	"MSL Heat Shield Woes" - Aviation Week Anyone else see this? -------------------- Homepage Astropoetry "Cumbrian Sky" blog "Road to Endeavour" blog

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elakdawalla View Member Profile	Feb 20 2008, 05:07 PM Post #2
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454	Alan just said at MEPAG that, just three months after the Herculean efforts to solve the last budget overrun (which was $62M), MSL has come to HQ to request another $165 to $200 million. --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.

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Stu MSL "Heat shield woes" Feb 17 2008, 04:20 PM

centsworth_II From the article: "The relative orbital posit... Feb 17 2008, 04:31 PM

djellison Do that, and you don't reach Mars at all. Th... Feb 17 2008, 05:39 PM

rlorenz QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 17 2008, 12:39 PM)... Feb 18 2008, 01:43 PM

centsworth_II I bet Dawn wouldn't have any trouble. Feb 17 2008, 06:13 PM

nprev Not to be cynical, but 'pray for launch delay... Feb 18 2008, 06:59 AM

mchan The delay for MSL would be 2 years and very costly... Feb 18 2008, 08:01 AM

AndyG Is the article correct? QUOTE NASA had planned to... Feb 18 2008, 11:24 AM

djellison Yeah...I meant every word of that...all of it. Ea... Feb 18 2008, 02:22 PM

ElkGroveDan Ouch $115...but you can get a used one on Ama... Feb 18 2008, 04:36 PM

rlorenz QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Feb 18 2008, 11:36 A... Feb 20 2008, 09:45 PM

Greg Hullender Part of what I love about orbital mechanics proble... Feb 18 2008, 05:00 PM

edstrick Mariners 6 and 7 <1969> had unusually short ... Feb 19 2008, 08:38 AM

Sunspot Is MSL really going to be ready to launch on time? Feb 19 2008, 09:58 PM

djellison To be honest, compared to the trouble MER had, MSL... Feb 19 2008, 10:03 PM

elakdawalla Alan just said at MEPAG that, just three months af... Feb 20 2008, 05:07 PM

djellison Oh dear. That's really very very bad news ind... Feb 20 2008, 05:40 PM

centsworth_II Wouldn't it be ironic if MSL doesn't fly a... Feb 20 2008, 06:10 PM

ugordan Ironic, indeed. I don't think Alan will like t... Feb 20 2008, 06:13 PM

djellison I really really really want to see MSL fly, but it... Feb 20 2008, 06:24 PM

elakdawalla Alan went on to say "The ramifications are go... Feb 20 2008, 06:25 PM

Sunspot QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Feb 20 2008, 06:25 P... Feb 20 2008, 07:15 PM

vjkane Emily - Are you at the MPEG meeting? Feb 20 2008, 07:17 PM

elakdawalla No. They're trying out allowing people to par... Feb 20 2008, 07:35 PM

Mariner9 I hate to be an armchair quarterback, so I'm n... Feb 20 2008, 07:36 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Feb 20 2008, 11:36 AM) ... Feb 21 2008, 12:54 AM

elakdawalla One of the things that makes me a bit worried is t... Feb 20 2008, 07:53 PM

ugordan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Feb 20 2008, 08:53 P... Feb 20 2008, 07:56 PM

Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Feb 20 2008, 02:53 P... Feb 20 2008, 10:54 PM

elakdawalla I have no data with which to back this up, but my ... Feb 20 2008, 07:59 PM

djellison One thing that I think Jim Bell was pushing for wi... Feb 20 2008, 10:44 PM

djellison Chang'e 1, Chandrayaan - 1, Kaguya, LRO. That... Feb 20 2008, 11:17 PM

Jim from NSF.com point taken Feb 20 2008, 11:35 PM

Mariner9 The 800 million figure was rather informal. I was... Feb 21 2008, 02:23 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Feb 20 2008, 06:23 PM) ... Feb 21 2008, 06:04 AM

Mariner9 QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Feb 20 2008, 10:04 PM... Feb 21 2008, 06:54 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Feb 20 2008, 10:54 PM) ... Feb 21 2008, 07:16 AM

mchan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Feb 20 2008, 11:53 A... Feb 21 2008, 06:30 AM

Mariner9 NASA budgets are a matter of public record. That... Feb 21 2008, 07:57 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Feb 20 2008, 11:57 PM) ... Feb 21 2008, 06:42 PM

stevesliva Wasn't there surprise that the Mars budget was... Feb 21 2008, 03:26 PM

Mariner9 More power to you for unraveling those budget docu... Feb 21 2008, 07:42 PM

elakdawalla Boys, boys, can we please take it down a notch? Y... Feb 21 2008, 08:02 PM

Mariner9 Sorry, I almost posted a retraction (or a partial... Feb 21 2008, 08:29 PM

vjkane Emily, did Stern have anything to say on why the M... Feb 21 2008, 08:37 PM

hendric I can see it, but I'm not sure I can make anyt... Feb 21 2008, 09:20 PM

Steve G NASA is always reinventing the wheel. Every space... Feb 24 2008, 09:48 PM

djellison QUOTE (Steve G @ Feb 24 2008, 09:48 PM) E... Feb 24 2008, 10:55 PM

brellis NASA doesn't want to waste a lot of $... Feb 25 2008, 01:27 AM

vjkane QUOTE (brellis @ Feb 25 2008, 01:27 AM) T... Feb 25 2008, 04:02 AM

brellis Right, I forgot about Mariner Mark II. If only NA... Feb 25 2008, 04:33 AM

edstrick "...Cassini was originally supposed to be the... Feb 25 2008, 06:07 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (edstrick @ Feb 24 2008, 10:07 PM) ... Feb 25 2008, 07:20 PM

tedstryk There was also the problem of NASA's budget no... Feb 25 2008, 08:31 PM

vjkane The pre-MRO Mars orbiters, as I understand it, sha... Feb 25 2008, 03:08 PM

nprev This is the third or fourth time I've seen mas... Feb 25 2008, 06:24 PM

Mariner9 One example of design inheritance working well wa... Feb 25 2008, 10:56 PM

Tom Tamlyn >Venus Express flew, the cost for that mission ... Feb 26 2008, 03:15 AM

vjkane QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Feb 26 2008, 03:15 AM... Feb 26 2008, 03:36 AM

Steve G Nasa still needs to eventually land another spacec... Mar 1 2008, 05:39 AM

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