Request The new NASA Space Launch System

[longmvu]

I want to request for NASA Space Launch System.

 

[Snaps]

Space Launch System

no that the constelation program has been canceled NASA is begining development of the Space Launche System. Could someone please create SLS rocket (Ares IV i think) with the Orion capsule and a senario for a mission to the ISS. I would realy apriciate it if someone could do this. Thanks.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I'm sure someone is probably working on it. But don't rush it, the data is still subject to change without notice.

 

[N_Molson]

Also you could present yourself on the "Meets & Greets" before posting "I want and addon". That's the regular procedure. :tiphat:

 

[garyw]

I'm sure someone is probably working on it. But don't rush it, the data is still subject to change without notice.

Very true, Just have a look at how many times constellation was changed prior to being scrapped.

It's also possible to make a decent SLS style vehicle with Velcro or with the awesome Jarvis Addon.

 

[Zachstar]

How many times have the various addon designers here made an addon only to have it obsolete within a few months by near constant changes from, Safe Simple Soon, To ESAS, to SLS?

Just accept it. SLS is a political Jobs powerpoint rocket in time for the 2012 elections. It WONT fly. So making an addon of some 4 SRB monster that can haul 200 tons to orbit would be just as likely as SLS surviving even politically surviving 2013.

 

[Tacolev]

Well, that doesn't mean it wouldn't be useful for anyone looking for a US-themed in-line cargo rocket for whatever reason. It all depends on the quality and realism of the add-on.

If anything, orbiter is the most life any of these powerpoint rockets will get.

As for the OP:
I'd suggest trying some of the DIRECT rocket addons, since they are very similar to the baseline proposal that the SLS is based on.
[ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4476"]This one is fairly recent[/ame]

 

[Kyle]

Very true, Just have a look at how many times constellation was changed prior to being scrapped.

It's also possible to make a decent SLS style vehicle with Velcro or with the awesome Jarvis Addon.

All I ended up with is a Saturn V with SRBs :lol:

I imagine a SLS addon will be around soon.. let the details get out soon.

 

[T.Neo]

Well, that doesn't mean it wouldn't be useful for anyone looking for a US-themed in-line cargo rocket for whatever reason.

Thinking about that, we really ought to have an EELV evolution addon by now... :shifty:

 

[Tacolev]

Thinking about that, we really ought to have an EELV evolution addon by now... :shifty:

Well, we can at least use velcro to tape together EELV parts in interesting ways. You'd be surprised what kind of performance you can get if you make something like a Conestoga with Delta IV CBCs instead of Castor IVs :lol:

As far as noncommital shuttle-derived addons go, there will also be Molson's sigma rocket once he releases it into the wild.

 

[DaveS]

Something I have been working on:

 

[T.Neo]

Shouldn't the propellant tank be orange? I thought I read somewhere that the Saturn V paint-scheme was purely for PR and that they had no technical intention of keeping it on vehicles for flight...

 

[DaveS]

Shouldn't the propellant tank be orange? I thought I read somewhere that the Saturn V paint-scheme was purely for PR and that they had no technical intention of keeping it on vehicles for flight...

Now the latest is this: http://nasawatch.com/archives/2011/09/sls-saturn-v-an.html

They will paint it, but how is still TBD. I went with the announcement images configuration for now. It will be a simple thing to just repaint the texture when new images is released.

 

[T.Neo]

That makes no sense at all. No foam? Why did Saturn V, STS, and Delta have foam? Why did Ares renders for the last several years have unpainted SOFI?

Delta IV doesn't have an Orbiter on its side to be damaged by falling ice, yet it too has insulation foam... on both the LOX and LH2 tanks.

And what modern launch vehicles have these 1960s-esque "tracking stripes" on them at all, anyway? Sounds like a pure PR decision...

 

[DaveS]

That makes no sense at all. No foam? Why did Saturn V, STS, and Delta have foam? Why did Ares renders for the last several years have unpainted SOFI?

Delta IV doesn't have an Orbiter on its side to be damaged by falling ice, yet it too has insulation foam... on both the LOX and LH2 tanks.

And what modern launch vehicles have these 1960s-esque "tracking stripes" on them at all, anyway? Sounds like a pure PR decision...

Read Keith's update:

Keith's update: Well despite the official PAO response, I am now told by several people at NASA with the utmost reliability and knowledge on this issue that the depiction of the SLS in Saturn V-esque paint scheme was done at the discretion of the graphic artist to evoke memories of the Saturn V. My understanding is that they will paint it - but what it will look like no one really knows.

I guess the only way to get a straight answer on this is for someone to ask Bill Gerstenmeier - on the record.

My take on it is that it will have foam, but it will be painted, just like the Saturn V S-II stage: http://history.nasa.gov/afj/s-ii/s-ii-insulation.html

 

[T.Neo]

I guess that's still just PR then, since from Shuttle, Ares and Delta we seemingly just don't need white paint on the foam...

 

[DaveS]

I guess that's still just PR then, since from Shuttle, Ares and Delta we seemingly just don't need white paint on the foam...

It could be that they were small enough not require it. The white paint reduces the solar heating on the tank which in turn reduces cryogenic propellant boil-off.

 

[T.Neo]

Isn't this propellant tank of a similar size to the shuttle ET though? And since area goes up with the square of a size increase but volume goes up with the cube, shouldn't the smaller Delta IV common booster core have more of a problem with solar heating?

And if I understand correctly, the Ares V had a propellant tank both wider and longer than that of SLS, and was presented throughout its history with orange, unpainted SOFI.

 

[Capt_hensley]

So make both textures, and let the orbinaut change it on his own.

 

[DaveS]

So make both textures, and let the orbinaut change it on his own.

Done: