something is missing on the iss

[Fireproof]

it is the Rescue Plane thingy
it was planned but never mafr

 

[garyw]

mafr?

I think you are maybe referring to the X-38, sometimes also called the CRV?

 

[DaveS]

Are you talking about the X38? It was cancelled due to budget overruns in the ISSP.
It's role have been assumed by Russian Soyuz vehicles.

 

[garyw]

Are you talking about the X38? It was cancelled due to budget overruns in the ISSP.
It's role have been assumed by Russian Soyuz vehicles.

Was it really budget reasons? Wayne Hale says in his blog that they were close to getting it ready to fly.

 

[Fireproof]

no it was a nasa thing like the DGIV rescue payload but this one had engines to take the people back to earth

 

[DaveS]

no it was a nasa thing like the DGIV rescue payload but this one had engines to take the people back to earth

That was the X38, Assured Crew Return Vehicle(ACRV). As I wrote, it cancelled due to budget overruns in the ISSP by then NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, along with the TransHAB concept and some other ISS-related items.

 

[unussapiens]

Can't say I've ever heard about anything related to a DG-IV for the ISS

I'm pretty sure you're thinking of the X-38 (AKA the CRV, as has already been said). I'm not sure why it wasn't finished, but I know it wasnt.

It is not on the ISS as it is not part of the ISS, but a seperate vehicle. I have a feeling there is one on Orbithangar.

 

[Urwumpe]

Was it really budget reasons? Wayne Hale says in his blog that they were close to getting it ready to fly.

The German aerospace agency, which was involved in the project, was also sure it was almost finished, but basically, it had really been budget problems and design changes. When the habitat got canceled, there was no permanent 6 person crew - and so no rescue vehicle for such a crew was needed.

 

[Fireproof]

will they have it when is ISS if finally finish

 

[Urwumpe]

will they have it when is ISS if finally finish

No. And please. learn structured thinking (Your grammar is cruel). I really doubt you talk like a defect HP calculator in reality.

 

[DaveS]

Was it really budget reasons? Wayne Hale says in his blog that they were close to getting it ready to fly.

Yes. The ISSP was spending waay too much and something had to give. In this case it involved the X38, The TransHAB concept and some other elements.

That's why the they brought in a former OMB-man, Sean O'Keefe as the replacement for Dan Goldin. O'Keefe knew his way around the budget world and he managed to bring down the massive cost-overruns of the ISSP to something that Congress could accept in the long-run.

 

[Fireproof]

i am autistic ok so i have bad grammer

 

[DaveS]

The German aerospace agency, which was involved in the project, was also sure it was almost finished, but basically, it had really been budget problems and design changes. When the habitat got canceled, there was no permanent 6 person crew - and so no rescue vehicle for such a crew was needed.

Actually, the X38 was for a 7-member crew.

That's the reason why they have now cut the 7th ISS crew-member as they're going with two Soyuz's(each Soyuz can only hold three crew-members).


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i am autistic ok so i have bad grammer

Then please do make use of a spell-checker!

 

[Urwumpe]

i am autistic ok so i have bad grammer

Autists make simpler sentences as you do and don't get into grammar problems, because they never adopt complex grammatical structures.

Autists also have problems with social contacts - and very rarely use forum softwares or adopt chat language (mafr).

You are just impaired by your communication because you waste your brain on chat-speech.

 

[Fireproof]

i never knew there was a speel checker here thank you
and i am an autistic teenager

 

[Woo482]

if you use firefox web browser there is a spell checker on that you just need to download the English dictionary of the website

 

[Fireproof]

i mean on here the forums

 

[garyw]

Yes. The ISSP was spending waay too much and something had to give. In this case it involved the X38, The TransHAB concept and some other elements.

Such a shame. The demostration video I saw of it made it look like a very promising vehicle.

That's why the they brought in a former OMB-man, Sean O'Keefe as the replacement for Dan Goldin. O'Keefe knew his way around the budget world and he managed to bring down the massive cost-overruns of the ISSP to something that Congress could accept in the long-run.

Right. I never knew Sean O'Keefe was formally OMB. However, From what I've seen and read about him he seemed a very competent NASA administrator.


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i mean on here the forums

You can use Firefox for the forums and it's in built spell checker. Autisum is no excuse for being lazy when attempting to communicate.

 

[DaveS]

Right. I never knew Sean O'Keefe was formally OMB. However, From what I've seen and read about him he seemed a very competent NASA administrator.

Yes, he was. He never got involved too much in the technical day-to-day stuff, which is the way it's supposed to be. He let the more experienced people in the agency handle that.

 

[Fireproof]

not lazy with spelling just lazy with other things
i am not that good at spelling